Dark khaki

#bbba81

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 #bbba81, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbba81

RGB187, 186, 129

HSL59, 30%, 62%

HSV59, 31%, 73%

CMYK0%, 1%, 31%, 27%

Lab74.36, -8.6, 29.1

XYZ42.01, 47.27, 27.68

Decimal12302977

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5777 C

Shades of dark khaki

#b1b06e #a7a65c #969451 #838247 #71703d #5e5d33 #4b4b29 #39381f #262615 #14140b

Tints of dark khaki

#c1c08c #c7c798 #cecda3 #d4d3af #dad9ba #e0e0c6 #e6e6d1 #ececdd #f3f2e8 #f9f9f3

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#8182bb Analogous#bb9d81 Analogous#9fbb81 Triadic#81bbba Triadic#ba81bb Split complementary#819fbb Split complementary#9d81bb

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, 1, 31, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbba81 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 31 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 33 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #bbba81 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbba81; }
.text { color: #bbba81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbba81; }

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 #bbba81 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbba81 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 #bbba81 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 #bbba81 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 #bbba81 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.