Dark khaki

#b9c8a0

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

Dark khaki sits in the green range, light and muted. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #b9c8a0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9c8a0

RGB185, 200, 160

HSL83, 27%, 71%

HSV83, 20%, 78%

CMYK8%, 0%, 20%, 22%

Lab78.56, -12.16, 18.33

XYZ47.01, 54.16, 41.23

Decimal12175520

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone579 C

Shades of dark khaki

#aabc8b #9ab076 #8ba461 #7a9154 #687c48 #57673c #45522f #333d23 #222817 #10130b

Tints of dark khaki

#bfcda8 #c5d2b1 #ccd7b9 #d2dbc1 #d8e0ca #dee5d2 #e4eadb #eaefe3 #f1f4eb #f7f8f4

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#afa0c8 Analogous#c8c3a0 Analogous#a5c8a0 Triadic#a0b9c8 Triadic#c8a0b9 Split complementary#a0a5c8 Split complementary#c3a0c8

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 0, 20, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9c8a0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 20 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 22 28

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 #b9c8a0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9c8a0; }
.text { color: #b9c8a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9c8a0; }

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 #b9c8a0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9c8a0 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 #b9c8a0 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 #b9c8a0 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 #b9c8a0 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.