Olive drab

#8a9d21

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

Olive drab 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 drab color values

Every conversion for #8a9d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a9d21

RGB138, 157, 33

HSL69, 65%, 37%

HSV69, 79%, 62%

CMYK12%, 0%, 79%, 38%

Lab61.33, -22.59, 57.41

XYZ22.81, 29.63, 5.96

Decimal9084193

Web safe#999933

Pantone384 C

Shades of olive drab

#7e901e #73831b #677519 #5c6816 #505b13 #454e10 #39410e #2d340b #222608 #161905

Tints of olive drab

#a0b626 #b6cf2b #c0d741 #c8dc5a #d1e273 #d9e78c #e1eca5 #eaf1be #f2f7d7 #fafcf0

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#34219d Analogous#9d7221 Analogous#4c9d21 Triadic#218a9d Triadic#9d218a Split complementary#214c9d Split complementary#72219d

Olive drab in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 79, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a9d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 79 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 77 44

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 drab in css

Copy #8a9d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a9d21; }
.text { color: #8a9d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a9d21; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8a9d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a9d21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8a9d21 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive drab? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8a9d21 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 drab, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #8a9d21 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.