Olive

#7e7e2d

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 soft. 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 #7e7e2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e7e2d

RGB126, 126, 45

HSL60, 47%, 34%

HSV60, 64%, 49%

CMYK0%, 0%, 64%, 51%

Lab51.32, -11.03, 42.66

XYZ16.54, 19.55, 5.38

Decimal8289837

Web safe#666633

Pantone392 C

Shades of olive

#747429 #696926 #5f5f22 #55551e #4a4a1b #404017 #363613 #2b2b0f #21210c #171708

Tints of olive

#969635 #adad3e #bfbf4c #c8c864 #d0d07c #d8d893 #e1e1ab #e9e9c3 #f2f2da #fafaf2

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#2d2d7e Analogous#7e562d Analogous#567e2d Triadic#2d7e7e Triadic#7e2d7e Split complementary#2d557e Split complementary#552d7e

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 64, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e7e2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 64 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 63 57

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 #7e7e2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e7e2d; }
.text { color: #7e7e2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e7e2d; }

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 #7e7e2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e7e2d 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 #7e7e2d 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 #7e7e2d 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 #7e7e2d 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.