Olive

#6d7300

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 vivid. 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 #6d7300, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d7300
RGB109, 115, 0
HSL63, 100%, 23%
HSV63, 100%, 45%
CMYK5%, 0%, 100%, 55%
Lab46.33, -14.81, 51.87
XYZ12.44, 15.51, 2.34
Decimal7172864
Web safe#666600
Pantone385 C
Pantone385 CHex#6d7300Rgb109 115 0Cmyk5 0 100 55Lab46 -15 52Darker#3a3d00Deep#616600Lighter#a8b109

Shades of olive

Tints of olive

Colors that go with olive

Olive in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 5, 0, 100, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d7300 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
5 0 100 55
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
9 4 96 61
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 #6d7300 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d7300; }
.text { color: #6d7300; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d7300; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6d7300 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.12:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
4.10:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d7300 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 #6d7300 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? 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 #6d7300 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, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #6d7300 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 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.