Olive

#a69d00

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 #a69d00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a69d00

RGB166, 157, 0

HSL57, 100%, 33%

HSV57, 100%, 65%

CMYK0%, 5%, 100%, 35%

Lab63.53, -10.95, 66.68

XYZ27.78, 32.22, 4.75

Decimal10919168

Web safe#999900

Pantone613 C

Shades of olive

#989000 #8b8300 #7d7700 #706a00 #625d00 #555000 #474300 #3a3700 #2c2a00 #1f1d00

Tints of olive

#c7bc00 #e7db00 #fff209 #fff54a #fff76b #fff98b #fffaac #fffccd #fffeed

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#0009a6 Analogous#a64a00 Analogous#5ca600 Triadic#00a69d Triadic#9d00a6 Split complementary#005ca6 Split complementary#4a00a6

Olive in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 100, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a69d00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 100 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 96 41

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 #a69d00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a69d00; }
.text { color: #a69d00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a69d00; }

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 #a69d00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a69d00 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 #a69d00 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 #a69d00 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

Every value on this page for #a69d00 is computed, not guessed. 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.