Olive

#a59b1f

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

This is Olive, a strong yellow at 56 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 #a59b1f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a59b1f

RGB165, 155, 31

HSL56, 68%, 38%

HSV56, 81%, 65%

CMYK0%, 6%, 81%, 35%

Lab62.96, -9.71, 60.31

XYZ27.49, 31.54, 5.94

Decimal10853151

Web safe#999933

Pantone104 C

Shades of olive

#978e1c #89811a #7b7417 #6d6715 #5f5a12 #514d0f #443f0d #36320a #282507 #1a1805

Tints of olive

#beb224 #d7ca29 #dbd041 #e0d65a #e5dc73 #e9e28c #eee9a5 #f3efbe #f7f5d7 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#1f29a5 Analogous#a5581f Analogous#6ca51f Triadic#1fa59b Triadic#9b1fa5 Split complementary#1f6ca5 Split complementary#581fa5

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 81, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a59b1f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 81 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 79 41

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #a59b1f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a59b1f; }
.text { color: #a59b1f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a59b1f; }

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 #a59b1f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a59b1f 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 #a59b1f 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 #a59b1f 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 #a59b1f is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.