Olive

#7e7e4e

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

This is Olive, a muted yellow at 60 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 #7e7e4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e7e4e

RGB126, 126, 78

HSL60, 24%, 40%

HSV60, 38%, 49%

CMYK0%, 0%, 38%, 51%

Lab51.73, -7.83, 26.15

XYZ17.44, 19.91, 10.13

Decimal8289870

Web safe#666666

Pantone5763 C

Shades of olive

#737347 #696941 #5e5e3a #535333 #48482d #3e3e26 #333320 #282819 #1e1e12 #13130c

Tints of olive

#909059 #a0a066 #abab77 #b6b689 #c1c19b #ccccad #d7d7bf #e2e2d0 #edede2 #f8f8f4

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#4e4e7e Analogous#7e664e Analogous#667e4e Triadic#4e7e7e Triadic#7e4e7e Split complementary#4e667e Split complementary#664e7e

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 38, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e7e4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 38 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 39 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 #7e7e4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e7e4e; }
.text { color: #7e7e4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e7e4e; }

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 #7e7e4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e7e4e 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 #7e7e4e 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 #7e7e4e 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 #7e7e4e are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.