Olive

#a49a19

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

Olive is a deep yellow, serious at this saturation. 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 #a49a19, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a49a19

RGB164, 154, 25

HSL56, 74%, 37%

HSV56, 85%, 64%

CMYK0%, 6%, 85%, 36%

Lab62.57, -9.81, 61.57

XYZ27.04, 31.07, 5.49

Decimal10787353

Web safe#999900

Pantone104 C

Shades of olive

#968d17 #898015 #7b7313 #6d6611 #5f590f #524d0c #44400a #363308 #282606 #1b1904

Tints of olive

#beb31d #d9cb21 #e1d437 #e5da52 #e9e06c #ede586 #f1eba1 #f5f0bb #f9f6d5 #fdfcf0

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#1923a4 Analogous#a45419 Analogous#69a419 Triadic#19a49a Triadic#9a19a4 Split complementary#1969a4 Split complementary#5519a4

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 85, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a49a19 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 85 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 82 42

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #a49a19 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a49a19; }
.text { color: #a49a19; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a49a19; }

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 #a49a19 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a49a19 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 #a49a19 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 #a49a19 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 #a49a19 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.