Olive

#a09a10

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

This is Olive, a vivid yellow at 57 degrees. 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 #a09a10, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a09a10

RGB160, 154, 16

HSL57, 82%, 35%

HSV57, 90%, 63%

CMYK0%, 4%, 90%, 37%

Lab62.19, -11.83, 63.08

XYZ26.15, 30.62, 5.02

Decimal10525200

Web safe#999900

Pantone391 C

Shades of olive

#938d0f #86810d #78740c #6b670b #5e5a09 #514e08 #434107 #363405 #292704 #1c1b03

Tints of olive

#bdb613 #d9d116 #e9e126 #ece542 #efe95f #f2ed7c #f5f199 #f8f5b5 #fbf9d2 #fdfdef

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#1016a0 Analogous#a05210 Analogous#5ea010 Triadic#10a09a Triadic#9a10a0 Split complementary#105ea0 Split complementary#5210a0

Olive in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 90, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a09a10 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 90 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 87 43

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 #a09a10 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a09a10; }
.text { color: #a09a10; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a09a10; }

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 #a09a10 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a09a10 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 #a09a10 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 #a09a10 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 #a09a10 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.