Khaki

#e4e490

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

Khaki falls in the yellow band, light and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #e4e490, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e490

RGB228, 228, 144

HSL60, 61%, 73%

HSV60, 37%, 89%

CMYK0%, 0%, 37%, 11%

Lab88.92, -12.24, 41.01

XYZ64.77, 73.99, 37.25

Decimal15000720

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone587 C

Shades of khaki

#dddd75 #d7d759 #d0d03e #bdbd2e #a2a227 #868621 #6b6b1a #505013 #34340d #191906

Tints of khaki

#e6e69a #e9e9a3 #ebebad #ededb7 #f0f0c0 #f2f2ca #f4f4d4 #f7f7dd #f9f9e7 #fcfcf1

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#9090e4 Analogous#e4ba90 Analogous#bae490 Triadic#90e4e4 Triadic#e490e4 Split complementary#90bae4 Split complementary#ba90e4

Khaki in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 37, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e490 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 37 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 38 17

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 #e4e490 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e490; }
.text { color: #e4e490; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e490; }

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 #e4e490 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e490 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 #e4e490 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 #e4e490 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 #e4e490 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.