Olive

#9c8d32

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

This is Olive, a soft yellow at 52 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 #9c8d32, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c8d32

RGB156, 141, 50

HSL52, 51%, 40%

HSV52, 68%, 61%

CMYK0%, 10%, 68%, 39%

Lab58.37, -5.35, 48.68

XYZ23.81, 26.35, 6.85

Decimal10259762

Web safe#999933

Pantone619 C

Shades of olive

#8f812e #817529 #746925 #675d21 #5a511d #4c4518 #3f3914 #322d10 #24210c #171507

Tints of olive

#b2a139 #c3b144 #caba5a #d1c36f #d8cc85 #dfd59b #e6deb0 #ede7c6 #f4f0dc #fbf9f1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#32419c Analogous#9c5832 Analogous#769c32 Triadic#329c8d Triadic#8d329c Split complementary#32769c Split complementary#58329c

Olive in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 68, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c8d32 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 68 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 67 45

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 #9c8d32 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c8d32; }
.text { color: #9c8d32; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c8d32; }

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 #9c8d32 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c8d32 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 #9c8d32 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 #9c8d32 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

Here is how the numbers for #9c8d32 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.