Olive

#8e8c58

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

Olive falls in the yellow band, mid and muted. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #8e8c58, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e8c58

RGB142, 140, 88

HSL58, 23%, 45%

HSV58, 38%, 56%

CMYK0%, 1%, 38%, 44%

Lab57.28, -7.51, 28.06

XYZ22.29, 25.21, 12.92

Decimal9342040

Web safe#999966

Pantone5767 C

Shades of olive

#828050 #757449 #696841 #5d5b39 #504f32 #44432a #383723 #2c2b1b #1f1f13 #13130c

Tints of olive

#9e9c62 #a8a673 #b2b083 #bcba93 #c6c5a3 #d0cfb3 #dad9c3 #e4e3d4 #eeeee4 #f8f8f4

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#585a8e Analogous#8e7158 Analogous#758e58 Triadic#588e8c Triadic#8c588e Split complementary#58758e Split complementary#71588e

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 38, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e8c58 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 38 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 39 50

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 #8e8c58 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e8c58; }
.text { color: #8e8c58; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e8c58; }

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 #8e8c58 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e8c58 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 #8e8c58 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 #8e8c58 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #8e8c58 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.