Olive

#999d21

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

This is Olive, a strong yellow at 62 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 color values

Every conversion for #999d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#999d21

RGB153, 157, 33

HSL62, 65%, 37%

HSV62, 79%, 62%

CMYK3%, 0%, 79%, 38%

Lab62.5, -16.03, 58.91

XYZ25.47, 31.0, 6.08

Decimal10067233

Web safe#999933

Pantone384 C

Shades of olive

#8c901e #7f831b #727519 #666816 #595b13 #4c4e10 #3f410e #32340b #252608 #191905

Tints of olive

#b1b626 #cacf2b #d2d741 #d8dc5a #dee273 #e4e78c #eaeca5 #f0f1be #f6f7d7 #fcfcf0

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#25219d Analogous#9d6321 Analogous#5b9d21 Triadic#21999d Triadic#9d2199 Split complementary#215b9d Split complementary#63219d

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 79, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #999d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 79 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 77 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #999d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #999d21; }
.text { color: #999d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #999d21; }

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 #999d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #999d21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #999d21 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #999d21 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 #999d21 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.