Khaki

#dae060

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

Khaki is a mid yellow, balanced 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.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #dae060, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dae060

RGB218, 224, 96

HSL63, 67%, 63%

HSV63, 57%, 88%

CMYK3%, 0%, 57%, 12%

Lab86.53, -18.64, 60.58

XYZ57.68, 69.06, 21.36

Decimal14344288

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone585 C

Shades of khaki

#d4db48 #cfd730 #bcc326 #a4ab21 #8d931d #767a18 #5f6213 #474a0e #30320a #191a05

Tints of khaki

#dde36e #e1e67d #e4e88b #e7eb9a #ebeea8 #eef1b6 #f1f4c5 #f5f6d3 #f8f9e2 #fcfcf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#6660e0 Analogous#e0a660 Analogous#9ae060 Triadic#60dae0 Triadic#e060da Split complementary#609ae0 Split complementary#a660e0

Khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 57, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dae060 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 57 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 56 18

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 #dae060 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dae060; }
.text { color: #dae060; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dae060; }

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 #dae060 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dae060 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 #dae060 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 #dae060 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

Here is how the numbers for #dae060 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.