Dark khaki

#a1a027

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

Dark khaki falls in the yellow band, deep 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.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #a1a027, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1a027

RGB161, 160, 39

HSL60, 61%, 39%

HSV60, 76%, 63%

CMYK0%, 1%, 76%, 37%

Lab64.05, -13.81, 58.64

XYZ27.63, 32.87, 6.81

Decimal10592295

Web safe#999933

Pantone391 C

Shades of dark khaki

#939224 #868520 #78771d #6a6a1a #5d5c16 #4f4f13 #424110 #34340d #262609 #191806

Tints of dark khaki

#b9b72d #cecd34 #d4d34c #d9d864 #dfde7b #e5e493 #eaeaaa #f0f0c2 #f6f6d9 #fcfbf1

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#2728a1 Analogous#a16327 Analogous#65a127 Triadic#27a1a0 Triadic#a027a1 Split complementary#2765a1 Split complementary#6327a1

Dark 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, 1, 76, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1a027 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 76 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 74 43

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #a1a027 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1a027; }
.text { color: #a1a027; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1a027; }

How dark khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a1a027 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1a027 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a1a027 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a1a027 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 dark khaki, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a1a027 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.