Dark khaki

#ae9c48

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 #ae9c48, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae9c48

RGB174, 156, 72

HSL49, 41%, 48%

HSV49, 59%, 68%

CMYK0%, 10%, 59%, 32%

Lab64.36, -4.0, 45.57

XYZ30.51, 33.24, 10.94

Decimal11443272

Web safe#999933

Pantone618 C

Shades of dark khaki

#9f8e42 #90813b #807335 #71652f #625828 #534a22 #433c1c #342f16 #25210f #161309

Tints of dark khaki

#b9a756 #c0b067 #c7b979 #cfc28a #d6cb9b #ddd4ad #e4ddbe #ebe6d0 #f3efe1 #faf8f2

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#485aae Analogous#ae6948 Analogous#8dae48 Triadic#48ae9c Triadic#9c48ae Split complementary#488dae Split complementary#6948ae

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 59, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae9c48 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 59 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 58 38

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 #ae9c48 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae9c48; }
.text { color: #ae9c48; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae9c48; }

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 #ae9c48 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae9c48 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 #ae9c48 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 #ae9c48 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 #ae9c48 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.