Olive drab

#8ea02b

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

This is Olive drab, a strong yellow at 69 degrees. 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 drab color values

Every conversion for #8ea02b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ea02b

RGB142, 160, 43

HSL69, 58%, 40%

HSV69, 73%, 63%

CMYK11%, 0%, 73%, 37%

Lab62.56, -21.9, 55.3

XYZ24.16, 31.07, 7.01

Decimal9347115

Web safe#999933

Pantone384 C

Shades of olive drab

#829227 #768524 #6a7720 #5e6a1c #525c19 #464e15 #3a4111 #2e330e #21260a #151806

Tints of olive drab

#a2b731 #b4ca3b #bdd051 #c6d668 #cedd7f #d7e396 #e0e9ad #e8efc3 #f1f5da #fafbf1

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#3d2ba0 Analogous#a0782b Analogous#54a02b Triadic#2b8ea0 Triadic#a02b8e Split complementary#2b53a0 Split complementary#782ba0

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 73, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ea02b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 73 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 71 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 #8ea02b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ea02b; }
.text { color: #8ea02b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ea02b; }

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 #8ea02b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ea02b 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 #8ea02b 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 #8ea02b 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

Every value on this page for #8ea02b is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.