Olive drab

#8fa615

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

This is Olive drab, a strong green at 70 degrees. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #8fa615, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8fa615

RGB143, 166, 21

HSL70, 78%, 37%

HSV70, 87%, 65%

CMYK14%, 0%, 87%, 35%

Lab64.3, -25.32, 63.24

XYZ25.1, 33.17, 5.79

Decimal9414165

Web safe#999900

Pantone383 C

Shades of olive drab

#839813 #778a11 #6b7c10 #5f6e0e #53610c #47530a #3b4509 #2f3707 #232905 #171b03

Tints of olive drab

#a6c118 #bedc1c #c9e532 #d0e84d #d7ec68 #deef83 #e5f39e #ecf6b9 #f4fad4 #fbfdef

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#2c15a6 Analogous#a67515 Analogous#46a615 Triadic#158fa6 Triadic#a6158f Split complementary#1546a6 Split complementary#7515a6

Olive drab 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 14, 0, 87, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8fa615 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 87 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 84 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #8fa615 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8fa615; }
.text { color: #8fa615; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8fa615; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8fa615 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8fa615 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8fa615 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive drab? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8fa615 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 drab, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #8fa615 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.