Olive

#878b21

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for olive, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Olive is a deep yellow, weighty at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #878b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#878b21

RGB135, 139, 33

HSL62, 62%, 34%

HSV62, 76%, 55%

CMYK3%, 0%, 76%, 45%

Lab55.81, -14.65, 52.24

XYZ19.5, 23.73, 4.99

Decimal8882977

Web safe#999933

Pantone582 C

Shades of olive

#7c801e #71741c #666919 #5b5d16 #505213 #444611 #393b0e #2e300b #232409 #181906

Tints of olive

#a0a527 #b9bf2d #cbd13b #d2d755 #d9dd6f #e0e389 #e6e9a3 #edefbd #f4f5d7 #fbfcf1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#25218b Analogous#8b5a21 Analogous#528b21 Triadic#21878b Triadic#8b2187 Split complementary#21528b Split complementary#5a218b

Olive in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 76, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #878b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 76 45

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 74 51

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #878b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #878b21; }
.text { color: #878b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #878b21; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #878b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #878b21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #878b21 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #878b21 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from olive, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #878b21 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.