Dark khaki

#b9a93d

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

This is Dark khaki, a soft yellow at 52 degrees. 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 #b9a93d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9a93d

RGB185, 169, 61

HSL52, 50%, 48%

HSV52, 67%, 73%

CMYK0%, 9%, 67%, 27%

Lab68.77, -6.88, 55.62

XYZ35.04, 39.03, 10.1

Decimal12167485

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone3975 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a99a38 #998b32 #887d2d #786e28 #685f22 #58501d #484118 #373312 #27240d #171508

Tints of dark khaki

#c4b44b #cabc5d #d0c370 #d6cb83 #dcd395 #e2dba8 #e8e2ba #eeeacd #f4f2df #fbf9f2

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#3d4db9 Analogous#b96b3d Analogous#8bb93d Triadic#3db9a9 Triadic#a93db9 Split complementary#3d8bb9 Split complementary#6b3db9

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, 67, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9a93d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 67 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 66 33

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 #b9a93d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9a93d; }
.text { color: #b9a93d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9a93d; }

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 #b9a93d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9a93d 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 #b9a93d 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 #b9a93d 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

Every value on this page for #b9a93d is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.