Olive

#6d701c

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 strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #6d701c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d701c

RGB109, 112, 28

HSL62, 60%, 27%

HSV62, 75%, 44%

CMYK3%, 0%, 75%, 56%

Lab45.53, -12.23, 43.54

XYZ12.31, 14.92, 3.33

Decimal7172124

Web safe#666633

Pantone385 C

Shades of olive

#64671a #5c5e18 #535615 #4b4d13 #424411 #3a3b0f #31330d #292a0a #202108 #181806

Tints of olive

#888c23 #a4a82a #bfc531 #ccd148 #d4d864 #dcdf80 #e4e69c #ebedb8 #f3f4d5 #fbfbf1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#1f1c70 Analogous#70491c Analogous#43701c Triadic#1c6d70 Triadic#701c6d Split complementary#1c4370 Split complementary#491c70

Olive in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 75, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d701c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 75 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 73 62

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 #6d701c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d701c; }
.text { color: #6d701c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d701c; }

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 #6d701c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d701c 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 #6d701c 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 #6d701c 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 #6d701c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.