Olive drab

#919f1b

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 #919f1b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#919f1b

RGB145, 159, 27

HSL66, 71%, 36%

HSV66, 83%, 62%

CMYK9%, 0%, 83%, 38%

Lab62.42, -20.79, 60.3

XYZ24.27, 30.9, 5.72

Decimal9543451

Web safe#999933

Pantone384 C

Shades of olive drab

#859219 #798416 #6d7714 #616a12 #545d10 #484f0d #3c420b #303509 #242707 #181a04

Tints of olive drab

#a9b91f #c1d324 #ccdd39 #d3e253 #d9e66d #e0eb87 #e7efa1 #eef4bb #f4f8d6 #fbfcf0

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#291b9f Analogous#9f6b1b Analogous#4f9f1b Triadic#1b919f Triadic#9f1b91 Split complementary#1b4f9f Split complementary#6b1b9f

Olive drab in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 83, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #919f1b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 83 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 80 44

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 #919f1b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #919f1b; }
.text { color: #919f1b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #919f1b; }

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 #919f1b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #919f1b 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 #919f1b 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 #919f1b 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

Here is how the numbers for #919f1b are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.