Olive

#968d0e

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

Olive falls in the yellow band, deep and vivid. 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 #968d0e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#968d0e

RGB150, 141, 14

HSL56, 83%, 32%

HSV56, 91%, 59%

CMYK0%, 6%, 91%, 41%

Lab57.62, -9.5, 59.46

XYZ22.18, 25.57, 4.18

Decimal9866510

Web safe#999900

Pantone399 C

Shades of olive

#8a820d #7e760c #716b0b #655f09 #595408 #4d4807 #413d06 #343105 #282604 #1c1a03

Tints of olive

#b4a911 #d2c514 #eadc1d #ede13b #efe559 #f2ea77 #f5ef95 #f8f3b3 #fbf8d1 #fdfcef

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#0e1796 Analogous#96490e Analogous#5b960e Triadic#0e968d Triadic#8d0e96 Split complementary#0e5b96 Split complementary#490e96

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, 6, 91, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #968d0e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 91 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 88 47

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 #968d0e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #968d0e; }
.text { color: #968d0e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #968d0e; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #968d0e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #968d0e 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 #968d0e 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 #968d0e 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

The figures for #968d0e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.