Khaki

#e4e78d

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

This is Khaki, a strong yellow at 62 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #e4e78d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e78d

RGB228, 231, 141

HSL62, 65%, 73%

HSV62, 39%, 91%

CMYK1%, 0%, 39%, 9%

Lab89.66, -14.06, 43.44

XYZ65.38, 75.57, 36.34

Decimal15001485

Web safe#ccff99

Pantone586 C

Shades of khaki

#dde171 #d7db55 #d0d538 #bdc229 #a2a623 #868a1d #6b6e17 #505211 #34350b #191905

Tints of khaki

#e6e997 #e9eba1 #ebedab #edefb5 #f0f1bf #f2f4c9 #f4f6d2 #f7f8dc #f9fae6 #fcfcf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#908de7 Analogous#e7bd8d Analogous#b7e78d Triadic#8de4e7 Triadic#e78de4 Split complementary#8db7e7 Split complementary#bd8de7

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 1, 0, 39, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e78d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 39 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 40 15

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 #e4e78d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e78d; }
.text { color: #e4e78d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e78d; }

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 #e4e78d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e78d 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 #e4e78d 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 #e4e78d 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 #e4e78d 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.