Olive drab

#5e7b21

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. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #5e7b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e7b21

RGB94, 123, 33

HSL79, 58%, 31%

HSV79, 73%, 48%

CMYK24%, 0%, 73%, 52%

Lab47.82, -24.45, 43.43

XYZ11.97, 16.66, 4.02

Decimal6191905

Web safe#666633

Pantone575 C

Shades of olive drab

#56711e #4f671c #475d19 #405316 #384a14 #314011 #29360e #222c0c #1a2209 #121806

Tints of olive drab

#729628 #87b02f #9ac937 #a8d152 #b5d86c #c2df87 #d0e6a1 #ddedbc #ebf4d6 #f8fbf1

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#3e217b Analogous#7b6b21 Analogous#317b21 Triadic#215e7b Triadic#7b215e Split complementary#21317b Split complementary#6b217b

Olive drab in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 24, 0, 73, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e7b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 0 73 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 4 71 58

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 drab in css

Copy #5e7b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e7b21; }
.text { color: #5e7b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e7b21; }

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 #5e7b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e7b21 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 #5e7b21 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 #5e7b21 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

Here is how the numbers for #5e7b21 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.