Dark khaki

#ada700

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

Dark khaki is a deep yellow, rich at this saturation. 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 #ada700, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ada700
RGB173, 167, 0
HSL58, 100%, 34%
HSV58, 100%, 68%
CMYK0%, 3%, 100%, 32%
Lab66.92, -13.03, 69.42
XYZ31.05, 36.52, 5.41
Decimal11380480
Web safe#999900
Pantone398 C
Pantone398 CHex#ada700Rgb173 167 0Cmyk0 3 100 32Lab67 -13 69Darker#3d3b00Deep#666200Lighter#e8e10c

Shades of dark khaki

Tints of dark khaki

Colors that go with dark khaki

Dark khaki in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 100, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ada700 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 3 100 32
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 7 96 38
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 #ada700 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ada700; }
.text { color: #ada700; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ada700; }

How dark khaki looks on light and dark

Dark khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ada700 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.53:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.30:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ada700 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 #ada700 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ada700 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #ada700 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.