Khaki

#dcd15a

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 #dcd15a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd15a

RGB220, 209, 90

HSL55, 65%, 61%

HSV55, 59%, 86%

CMYK0%, 5%, 59%, 14%

Lab82.68, -10.8, 58.96

XYZ54.16, 61.55, 18.7

Decimal14471514

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone611 C

Shades of khaki

#d7cb43 #d2c42c #bbae28 #a49923 #8c831e #756e19 #5e5814 #47430f #302d0a #191805

Tints of khaki

#dfd569 #e2d978 #e6de87 #e9e296 #ece6a5 #efeab4 #f2eec3 #f6f3d2 #f9f7e1 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#5a65dc Analogous#dc905a Analogous#a6dc5a Triadic#5adcd1 Triadic#d15adc Split complementary#5aa6dc Split complementary#905adc

Khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 59, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd15a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 59 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 58 20

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 #dcd15a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd15a; }
.text { color: #dcd15a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd15a; }

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 #dcd15a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd15a 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 #dcd15a 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 #dcd15a 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

The figures for #dcd15a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.