Olive

#988b21

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

Olive 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 color values

Every conversion for #988b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#988b21

RGB152, 139, 33

HSL53, 64%, 36%

HSV53, 78%, 60%

CMYK0%, 9%, 78%, 40%

Lab57.32, -6.93, 54.18

XYZ22.46, 25.25, 5.13

Decimal9997089

Web safe#999933

Pantone619 C

Shades of olive

#8b7f1e #7f741b #726819 #655d16 #595113 #4c4510 #3f3a0e #332e0b #262308 #191705

Tints of olive

#b1a226 #cab92c #d5c540 #dbcd59 #e0d472 #e6dc8b #ebe4a5 #f1ebbe #f6f3d7 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#212e98 Analogous#985021 Analogous#699821 Triadic#21988b Triadic#8b2198 Split complementary#216a98 Split complementary#4f2198

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 78, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #988b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 78 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 76 46

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 #988b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #988b21; }
.text { color: #988b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #988b21; }

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 #988b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #988b21 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 #988b21 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 #988b21 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #988b21 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.