Olive drab

#49a100

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

Olive drab is a deep green that feels serious. 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 #49a100, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#49a100
RGB73, 161, 0
HSL93, 100%, 32%
HSV93, 100%, 63%
CMYK55%, 0%, 100%, 37%
Lab58.89, -49.66, 60.6
XYZ15.49, 26.91, 4.38
Decimal4825344
Web safe#339900
Pantone369 C
Pantone369 CHex#49a100Rgb73 161 0Cmyk55 0 100 37Lab59 -50 61Darker#1c3d00Deep#2e6600Lighter#6add0c

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 55, 0, 100, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #49a100 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
55 0 100 37
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
55 4 96 43
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 #49a100 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #49a100; }
.text { color: #49a100; }
.border { border: 2px solid #49a100; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #49a100 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.29:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
6.38:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #49a100 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 #49a100 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #49a100 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from olive drab, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #49a100 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.