Olive drab

#5d9d17

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 89 degrees. Deep greens like this read established and premium. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #5d9d17, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5d9d17

RGB93, 157, 23

HSL89, 74%, 35%

HSV89, 85%, 62%

CMYK41%, 0%, 85%, 38%

Lab58.51, -40.98, 56.64

XYZ16.73, 26.5, 5.04

Decimal6135063

Web safe#669900

Pantone369 C

Shades of olive drab

#559015 #4e8313 #467611 #3e690f #365c0d #2f4f0c #27420a #1f3508 #182806 #101b04

Tints of olive drab

#6db81b #7dd31f #8de131 #9ce54c #abe967 #baed83 #c9f19e #d8f5b9 #e7f9d4 #f6fdef

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#57179d Analogous#9d9a17 Analogous#1a9d17 Triadic#175d9d Triadic#9d175d Split complementary#171a9d Split complementary#9a179d

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 41, 0, 85, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5d9d17 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 0 85 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 4 82 44

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 #5d9d17 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5d9d17; }
.text { color: #5d9d17; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5d9d17; }

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 #5d9d17 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5d9d17 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 #5d9d17 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 #5d9d17 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

The figures for #5d9d17 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.