Dark khaki

#ab9b63

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

Dark khaki is a mid yellow, grounded at this saturation. 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 #ab9b63, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab9b63

RGB171, 155, 99

HSL47, 30%, 53%

HSV47, 42%, 67%

CMYK0%, 9%, 42%, 33%

Lab64.16, -2.21, 31.47

XYZ30.77, 33.0, 16.55

Decimal11246435

Web safe#999966

Pantone4505 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a09056 #90824e #817445 #71663d #625835 #524a2c #433c24 #332e1b #232013 #14120b

Tints of dark khaki

#b3a471 #bbae80 #c2b78e #cac09d #d2c9ab #dad3ba #e1dcc8 #e9e5d7 #f1eee5 #f9f8f3

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#6373ab Analogous#ab7763 Analogous#97ab63 Triadic#63ab9b Triadic#9b63ab Split complementary#6397ab Split complementary#7763ab

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 42, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab9b63 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 42 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 43 39

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 #ab9b63 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab9b63; }
.text { color: #ab9b63; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab9b63; }

How dark khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ab9b63 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab9b63 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 #ab9b63 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 #ab9b63 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ab9b63 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.