Olive

#9c9d0b

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 #9c9d0b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c9d0b

RGB156, 157, 11

HSL60, 87%, 33%

HSV60, 93%, 62%

CMYK1%, 0%, 93%, 38%

Lab62.68, -15.29, 64.14

XYZ25.83, 31.21, 4.98

Decimal10263819

Web safe#999900

Pantone391 C

Shades of olive

#8f900a #828309 #767608 #696a07 #5c5d07 #4f5006 #434305 #363604 #292903 #1c1d02

Tints of olive

#babb0d #d8da0f #eeef1a #f2f357 #f4f575 #f7f793 #f9fab2 #fbfcd0 #fefeee

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#0c0b9d Analogous#9d550b Analogous#539d0b Triadic#0b9c9d Triadic#9d0b9c Split complementary#0b539d Split complementary#550b9d

Olive in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 93, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c9d0b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 93 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 90 44

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 in css

Copy #9c9d0b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c9d0b; }
.text { color: #9c9d0b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c9d0b; }

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 #9c9d0b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c9d0b 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 #9c9d0b 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 #9c9d0b 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 #9c9d0b 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.