Dark khaki

#b1b57d

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

Dark khaki is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #b1b57d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b1b57d

RGB177, 181, 125

HSL64, 27%, 60%

HSV64, 31%, 71%

CMYK2%, 0%, 31%, 29%

Lab72.15, -10.44, 28.14

XYZ38.36, 43.88, 25.85

Decimal11646333

Web safe#99cc66

Pantone5777 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a6ab6b #9ba05b #8a8e51 #797d47 #686b3d #575a33 #464829 #35371f #242515 #13130b

Tints of dark khaki

#b8bc89 #bfc395 #c6c9a1 #cdd0ac #d5d7b8 #dcdec4 #e3e4d0 #eaebdc #f1f2e8 #f8f9f4

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#817db5 Analogous#b59d7d Analogous#95b57d Triadic#7db1b5 Triadic#b57db1 Split complementary#7d95b5 Split complementary#9d7db5

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 31, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b1b57d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 31 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 33 35

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.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #b1b57d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b1b57d; }
.text { color: #b1b57d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b1b57d; }

How dark khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b1b57d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b1b57d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b1b57d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b1b57d 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 dark khaki, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b1b57d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.