Dark khaki

#a59540

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

This is Dark khaki, a soft yellow at 50 degrees. 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.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #a59540, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a59540

RGB165, 149, 64

HSL50, 44%, 45%

HSV50, 61%, 65%

CMYK0%, 10%, 61%, 35%

Lab61.54, -4.76, 45.98

XYZ27.19, 29.86, 9.18

Decimal10851648

Web safe#999933

Pantone4505 C

Shades of dark khaki

#97883a #887b35 #7a6e2f #6c612a #5e5424 #4f481f #413b19 #332e14 #24210e #161409

Tints of dark khaki

#b8a647 #bfaf5a #c7b86d #cec280 #d5cb93 #ddd4a6 #e4ddb9 #ebe6cc #f3f0df #faf9f2

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#4050a5 Analogous#a56240 Analogous#83a540 Triadic#40a595 Triadic#9540a5 Split complementary#4083a5 Split complementary#6240a5

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, 10, 61, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a59540 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 61 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 60 41

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 #a59540 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a59540; }
.text { color: #a59540; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a59540; }

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 #a59540 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a59540 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 #a59540 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 #a59540 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

The figures for #a59540 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.