Dark khaki

#aaa70d

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 vivid. 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 #aaa70d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa70d

RGB170, 167, 13

HSL59, 86%, 36%

HSV59, 92%, 67%

CMYK0%, 2%, 92%, 33%

Lab66.68, -14.19, 67.46

XYZ30.47, 36.21, 5.76

Decimal11183885

Web safe#999900

Pantone398 C

Shades of dark khaki

#9c990c #8e8b0b #807d0a #716f09 #636108 #555407 #474605 #393804 #2b2a03 #1c1c02

Tints of dark khaki

#c7c30f #e3df11 #eeeb25 #f1ed42 #f3f05f #f5f37c #f7f598 #f9f8b5 #fcfbd2 #fefdee

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#0d10aa Analogous#aa580d Analogous#5eaa0d Triadic#0daaa7 Triadic#a70daa Split complementary#0d5eaa Split complementary#590daa

Dark khaki in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 92, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa70d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 92 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 89 39

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #aaa70d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa70d; }
.text { color: #aaa70d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa70d; }

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 #aaa70d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa70d 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 #aaa70d 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 #aaa70d 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

Here is how the numbers for #aaa70d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.