Olive

#887521

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

This is Olive, a strong yellow at 49 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #887521, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#887521

RGB136, 117, 33

HSL49, 61%, 33%

HSV49, 76%, 53%

CMYK0%, 14%, 76%, 47%

Lab49.58, -2.12, 46.35

XYZ16.79, 18.07, 4.04

Decimal8942881

Web safe#996633

Pantone119 C

Shades of olive

#7d6b1e #72621c #675819 #5b4f16 #504513 #453c11 #3a320e #2f280b #241f09 #191506

Tints of olive

#a28b27 #bca22e #cfb43b #d6be55 #dcc86f #e2d289 #e9dca3 #efe6bd #f5f0d7 #fcfaf1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#213488 Analogous#884121 Analogous#688821 Triadic#218875 Triadic#752188 Split complementary#216888 Split complementary#412188

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 76, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #887521 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 76 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 74 53

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #887521 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #887521; }
.text { color: #887521; }
.border { border: 2px solid #887521; }

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 #887521 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #887521 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #887521 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #887521 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

Here is how the numbers for #887521 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.