Khaki

#cdcd2f

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

Khaki falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. 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.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #cdcd2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdcd2f

RGB205, 205, 47

HSL60, 63%, 49%

HSV60, 77%, 80%

CMYK0%, 0%, 77%, 20%

Lab80.09, -17.35, 72.09

XYZ47.52, 56.85, 11.16

Decimal13487407

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of khaki

#bbbb2b #a9a927 #979723 #85851e #73731a #616116 #4f4f12 #3d3d0e #2b2b0a #191906

Tints of khaki

#d3d341 #d8d854 #dcdc68 #e1e17b #e5e58f #eaeaa2 #eeeeb6 #f3f3c9 #f7f7dd #fcfcf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#2f2fcd Analogous#cd7e2f Analogous#7ecd2f Triadic#2fcdcd Triadic#cd2fcd Split complementary#2f7ecd Split complementary#7e2fcd

Khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 77, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdcd2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 77 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 75 26

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.

Khaki in css

Copy #cdcd2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdcd2f; }
.text { color: #cdcd2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdcd2f; }

How khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cdcd2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdcd2f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cdcd2f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cdcd2f 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 khaki, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cdcd2f is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.