Dark khaki

#b1ad6a

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #b1ad6a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b1ad6a

RGB177, 173, 106

HSL57, 31%, 55%

HSV57, 40%, 69%

CMYK0%, 2%, 40%, 31%

Lab69.66, -8.57, 34.91

XYZ35.68, 40.27, 19.53

Decimal11644266

Web safe#999966

Pantone5845 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a8a459 #999550 #888447 #77743f #676436 #56542d #464425 #35341c #252413 #14140b

Tints of dark khaki

#b8b578 #bfbc85 #c7c493 #cecba1 #d5d3af #dcdabc #e3e2ca #eae9d8 #f2f1e6 #f9f9f3

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#6a6eb1 Analogous#b18a6a Analogous#91b16a Triadic#6ab1ad Triadic#ad6ab1 Split complementary#6a91b1 Split complementary#896ab1

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 40, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b1ad6a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 40 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 41 37

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 #b1ad6a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b1ad6a; }
.text { color: #b1ad6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b1ad6a; }

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 #b1ad6a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b1ad6a 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 #b1ad6a 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 #b1ad6a 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 #b1ad6a 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.