Olive drab

#8ca14f

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

This is Olive drab, a soft green at 75 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #8ca14f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ca14f
RGB140, 161, 79
HSL75, 34%, 47%
HSV75, 51%, 63%
CMYK13%, 0%, 51%, 37%
Lab63.04, -20.43, 39.89
XYZ24.97, 31.63, 12.19
Decimal9216335
Web safe#999966
Pantone5767 C
Pantone5767 CHex#8ca14fRgb140 161 79Cmyk13 0 51 37Lab63 -20 40Darker#394120Deep#627137Lighter#abba7d

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 51, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ca14f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
13 0 51 37
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
16 4 51 43
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 drab in css

Copy #8ca14f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ca14f; }
.text { color: #8ca14f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ca14f; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8ca14f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.87:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.33:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ca14f 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 #8ca14f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8ca14f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #8ca14f is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.