Olive drab

#889b0d

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

Olive drab is a deep yellow, rich at this saturation. 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 drab color values

Every conversion for #889b0d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#889b0d

RGB136, 155, 13

HSL68, 85%, 33%

HSV68, 92%, 61%

CMYK12%, 0%, 92%, 39%

Lab60.52, -23.08, 61.45

XYZ21.95, 28.71, 4.76

Decimal8952589

Web safe#999900

Pantone384 C

Shades of olive drab

#7d8e0c #72820b #67750a #5c6809 #505c08 #454f07 #3a4206 #2f3604 #242903 #191c02

Tints of olive drab

#a2b910 #bcd712 #d0ec1d #d7ef3b #ddf159 #e3f477 #e9f695 #eff9b3 #f5fbd1 #fcfeef

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#200d9b Analogous#9b670d Analogous#419b0d Triadic#0d889b Triadic#9b0d88 Split complementary#0d419b Split complementary#670d9b

Olive drab in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 92, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #889b0d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 92 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 89 45

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 drab in css

Copy #889b0d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #889b0d; }
.text { color: #889b0d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #889b0d; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #889b0d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #889b0d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #889b0d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive drab? 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 drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #889b0d 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 drab, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #889b0d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.