Dark khaki

#b2aa20

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 strong. 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 #b2aa20, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2aa20

RGB178, 170, 32

HSL57, 70%, 41%

HSV57, 82%, 70%

CMYK0%, 4%, 82%, 30%

Lab68.25, -11.76, 65.06

XYZ33.0, 38.32, 7.02

Decimal11708960

Web safe#999933

Pantone398 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a39b1d #948d1b #847e18 #757015 #666112 #575310 #48440d #38360a #292707 #1a1905

Tints of dark khaki

#cac124 #dad131 #ded648 #e2db60 #e7e178 #ebe690 #efeba8 #f4f1c0 #f8f6d8 #fcfcf0

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#2028b2 Analogous#b26120 Analogous#71b220 Triadic#20b2aa Triadic#aa20b2 Split complementary#2071b2 Split complementary#6120b2

Dark khaki in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 82, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2aa20 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 82 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 79 36

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 #b2aa20 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2aa20; }
.text { color: #b2aa20; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2aa20; }

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 #b2aa20 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2aa20 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 #b2aa20 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 #b2aa20 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 #b2aa20 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.