Dark khaki

#b5a539

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, balanced 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 #b5a539, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5a539

RGB181, 165, 57

HSL52, 52%, 47%

HSV52, 69%, 71%

CMYK0%, 9%, 69%, 29%

Lab67.3, -6.74, 55.65

XYZ33.25, 37.03, 9.27

Decimal11904313

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone613 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a59734 #95882f #867a2a #766b25 #665d20 #564f1b #474016 #373211 #27240c #171507

Tints of dark khaki

#c4b343 #cabb57 #d0c36a #d6cb7d #dcd391 #e2daa4 #e8e2b7 #efeacb #f5f2de #fbfaf1

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#3949b5 Analogous#b56739 Analogous#87b539 Triadic#39b5a5 Triadic#a539b5 Split complementary#3987b5 Split complementary#6739b5

Dark khaki in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 69, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5a539 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 69 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 67 35

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #b5a539 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5a539; }
.text { color: #b5a539; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5a539; }

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 #b5a539 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5a539 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b5a539 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b5a539 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 #b5a539 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.