Olive drab

#8d984e

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, mid and soft. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #8d984e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d984e

RGB141, 152, 78

HSL69, 32%, 45%

HSV69, 49%, 60%

CMYK7%, 0%, 49%, 40%

Lab60.49, -15.48, 37.34

XYZ23.59, 28.67, 11.5

Decimal9279566

Web safe#999966

Pantone5767 C

Shades of olive drab

#818b47 #757e40 #68703a #5c6333 #50562c #444925 #373c1f #2b2f18 #1f2111 #13140a

Tints of olive drab

#9da957 #a7b269 #b1bb7a #bbc48b #c5cc9d #d0d5ae #dadebf #e4e7d1 #eef0e2 #f8f9f3

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#594e98 Analogous#987e4e Analogous#68984e Triadic#4e8d98 Triadic#984e8d Split complementary#4e6898 Split complementary#7e4e98

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 7, 0, 49, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d984e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 0 49 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 49 46

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 #8d984e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d984e; }
.text { color: #8d984e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d984e; }

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 #8d984e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d984e 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 #8d984e 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 #8d984e 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

Every value on this page for #8d984e is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.