Dark khaki

#bbbf9d

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

This is Dark khaki, a muted yellow at 67 degrees. 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.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #bbbf9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbbf9d

RGB187, 191, 157

HSL67, 21%, 68%

HSV67, 18%, 75%

CMYK2%, 0%, 18%, 25%

Lab76.23, -7.24, 16.72

XYZ45.21, 50.26, 39.22

Decimal12304285

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5793 C

Shades of dark khaki

#aeb28a #a0a677 #939964 #808657 #6e734b #5b5f3e #494c32 #373925 #242619 #12130c

Tints of dark khaki

#c1c5a6 #c7caae #cdd0b7 #d3d6c0 #d9dbc9 #dfe1d1 #e5e7da #ebede3 #f1f2eb #f8f8f4

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#a19dbf Analogous#bfb29d Analogous#aabf9d Triadic#9dbbbf Triadic#bf9dbb Split complementary#9daabf Split complementary#b29dbf

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 18, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbbf9d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 18 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 21 31

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 #bbbf9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbbf9d; }
.text { color: #bbbf9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbbf9d; }

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 #bbbf9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbbf9d 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 #bbbf9d 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 #bbbf9d 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 #bbbf9d are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.