14 Outfits with Olive Green Pants
Olive green jeans and pants are surprisingly versatile and one of my favorite pants to wear in the fall, winter, and even spring. Olive green can essentially be considered a neutral and can be worn with a variety of colors and patterns.
I purchased my first pair of olive green jeans during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale back in summer 2018! I wore them so much and even added a second pair of olive green pants a few years after that (sadly, I don’t have a pair that fits me now!).
Below, I shared 14 outfit ideas with olive green pants (for fall, winter, and spring) plus answers to some of your frequently asked questions about olive green pants (and the color olive green in general)! At the end of the post, there’s a shopping widget with a few olive green pants that would make perfect wardrobe additions.
This post was updated and recirculated on February 20, 2026.
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14 Outfits with Olive Green Pants
1. Puffer Coat + Bean Boots
I love wearing my olive green pants with neutrals, of course, but it’s also especially fun to wear them with bright coordinating colors, like this spice-colored puffer coat. This is the perfect olive green pants outfit for fall!
2. Wubby Pullover + Boots
Wubby pullovers in the winter are the BEST. I’d typically wear mine with joggers at home, but if I want to dress up a little more to leave the house, I’d grab a pair of jeans—and olive green jeans are a great alternative to indigo.
3. Cozy Winter Neutrals
Olive green looks so good paired with rich and cozy neutrals, like varying shades of cream and tan. Bookend an outfit like this with a black beanie and black ankle boots. The scarf adds the perfect finishing touch.
4. Neutrals + Bright Puffer
I love how this outfit makes the olive green pants shine. The navy puffer adds some extra fun; sometimes winter outfits with neutrals can feel really blah and uninspiring and adding a fun color can really liven them up.
5. Fancy Sweatshirt + Shiny Ankle Boots
This olive green pants outfit features a black third piece and black shoes (an asymmetrical sweatshirt and ankle boots). Black and white are by far the easiest colors to pair with olive green because they’re classic neutrals.
6. Blazer + Open-toe Clogs
This outfit is another example of wearing olive green with black and white. Make your olive green pants work-appropriate by layering a white tee under a black blazer; you could opt for a fun patterned top instead!
7. Fleece Jacket + Striped Tee
Don’t shy away from wearing patterns and textures with your olive green pants. A basic black-and-white striped tee with no “third piece” would have made this outfit feel incomplete. Add a lightweight jacket for fall or spring!
8. Burgundy Top + Sweater Blazer
You may cringe at the thought of wearing red and green together, but what about burgundy and olive green? Add another neutral color, such as a camel or heather grey sweater blazer, to tone down the Christmassy vibes.
9. Leather jacket + Open-toe Clogs
Olive green pants are easy to make edgy, even if you’re doing a post-work outfit switch. Throw on your go-to leather jacket (or suede jacket) over a basic top or sweater and complete the look with sandals or ankle boots.
10. Leather Jacket + Rust Brown Sweater
Here’s another leather jacket outfit, but this time, make it fall! Finish your cozy sweater and olive green jeans look with a leather jacket and ankle boots in another texture (suede, velvet, etc.) for added dimension.
11. Plaid Top + Brown Flats
A bold patterned top and jeans in complementary colors (navy and olive green) make for a fabulous fall outfit! Because the top is so bold, I kept the rest of the outfit simple with brown flats and minimal jewelry.
12. Peplum Top + Pendant Necklace
Here’s yet another example of how to make your olive green pants the star of your outfit. Keep it simple with a black top (mine has a peplum hem to make it more interesting) and brown boots, then add simple jewelry.
13. Brown Felt Floppy Hat + Velvet Ankle Boots
The base of the outfit remains neutral with a light striped flannel shirt, olive green pants, and black velvet ankle boots. The rust brown felt floppy hat adds some much-needed color and texture to liven this look up!
14. Neutral Flannel Shirt + Oxford Shoes
The neutral flannel shirt makes another appearance with my olive green pants because they were a part of a style sudoku capsule wardrobe! Including these pants in a capsule wardrobe shows their versatility.
Frequently Asked Questions About Olive Green Pants
What goes well with olive green pants?
I honestly cannot think of something that doesn’t go well with olive green pants! Maybe an olive green top of some sort? A monochrome olive green outfit could go either way: it could look cool or it could be too much! Try it out at home to make sure you like it first before heading out.
When you lean into other rich colors in the rest of your outfit (spice orange, burgundy, navy, cognac brown, etc.) , that’s when olive green pants really shine.
Is olive green a versatile color?
Absolutely! While neutral colors like white, black, grey, brown, tan, cream, etc. are arguably the most versatile, I think olive green is right on up there. I’d put it as the same level as navy, which is an extremely versatile color because of blue denim! You’d wear regular jeans with just about everything, so why not olive green?
Does black go with olive green?
Black absolutely goes with olive green! Out of all of the colors, I probably wear black with olive green most often. Olive green is basically a neutral in my wardrobe, and because of that, it goes well with other neutrals…including black. You really can never go wrong with black! There are lots of examples of black paired with olive green in the outfits here.
What color complements olive green?
Other than neutrals, there are a surprising number of colors that complement olive green and that you can easily wear with olive green pants. One of those colors is burgundy! It might seem counterintuitive to wear burgundy with olive green (especially if you’re averse to wearing any sort of red and green color combination), but the colors are both so rich and saturated that they are a color match made in heaven. They’re especially fun to wear together in the fall!
Are olive green and forest green the same?
Technically, olive green and forest green are not the same color. In general, I assume forest green to be darker than olive green, which has more of a yellowy tinge. That said, in some of the outfits above, I’m wearing the Everlane dream pants in forest green and the Madewell skinny jeans in olive green and they look really similar in color! I think it honestly just depends on how the brand produces and names their colors.
What type of shirt goes with olive green pants?
I probably sound like a broken record, but as you can see in this outfit roundup, I don’t think a shirt exists that doesn’t go with olive green pants! Whether you want to wear a fun patterned top, a peplum top, a cozy sweater, a flannel shirt, a regular ol’ basic tee, a striped tee, a silk top—the sky is really the limit.
Try playing around different tops and silhouettes to get the look you’re going for. Depending on the type of pant you have (skinny, wide leg, high rise, crop, etc.), you might prefer one shirt type over another.
Does olive green go with everything?
The moral of the story is that ABSOLUTELY YES, olive green goes with everything! I have worn my olive green pants with a wide assortment of different tops and shoes and jackets. I love almost every single outfit I’ve worn with my olive green jeans over the years.
Olive green pants are a fun departure from regular indigo skinny jeans and can truly act like a neutral in your wardrobe. I hope these outfits inspired you to incorporate olive green pants into your outfits!