Olive drab

#8ea501

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 #8ea501, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ea501

RGB142, 165, 1

HSL68, 99%, 33%

HSV68, 99%, 65%

CMYK14%, 0%, 99%, 35%

Lab63.89, -25.63, 65.95

XYZ24.62, 32.66, 5.04

Decimal9348353

Web safe#999900

Pantone383 C

Shades of olive drab

#829801 #778a01 #6b7d01 #606f01 #546201 #495401 #3d4700 #313900 #262c00 #1a1e00

Tints of olive drab

#aac501 #c6e601 #dbfe0a #e5fe4b #eafe6c #eefe8c #f3feac #f8ffcd #fcffed

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#1801a5 Analogous#a56a01 Analogous#3ca501 Triadic#018ea5 Triadic#a5018e Split complementary#013ca5 Split complementary#6a01a5

Olive drab in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 14, 0, 99, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ea501 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 99 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 95 41

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 #8ea501 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ea501; }
.text { color: #8ea501; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ea501; }

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 #8ea501 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ea501 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 #8ea501 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 #8ea501 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 #8ea501 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.