Olive

#6d7b21

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

This is Olive, a strong yellow at 69 degrees. 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 #6d7b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d7b21

RGB109, 123, 33

HSL69, 58%, 31%

HSV69, 73%, 48%

CMYK11%, 0%, 73%, 52%

Lab48.92, -17.89, 44.88

XYZ13.66, 17.53, 4.1

Decimal7174945

Web safe#666633

Pantone5757 C

Shades of olive

#64711e #5b671c #535d19 #4a5316 #414a14 #384011 #30360e #272c0c #1e2209 #151806

Tints of olive

#849628 #9cb02f #b3c937 #bdd152 #c7d86c #d1df87 #dbe6a1 #e5edbc #eff4d6 #fafbf1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#2f217b Analogous#7b5c21 Analogous#407b21 Triadic#216d7b Triadic#7b216d Split complementary#21407b Split complementary#5c217b

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 73, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d7b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 73 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 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 in css

Copy #6d7b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d7b21; }
.text { color: #6d7b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d7b21; }

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 #6d7b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d7b21 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 #6d7b21 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 #6d7b21 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

Here is how the numbers for #6d7b21 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.