Dark khaki

#bcb080

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, mid and soft. 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 #bcb080, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb080

RGB188, 176, 128

HSL48, 31%, 62%

HSV48, 32%, 74%

CMYK0%, 6%, 32%, 26%

Lab71.76, -3.07, 26.18

XYZ40.16, 43.3, 26.66

Decimal12365952

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4515 C

Shades of dark khaki

#b2a46d #a8995b #978950 #847846 #71673c #5f5632 #4c4528 #39341e #272314 #14120b

Tints of dark khaki

#c2b78c #c8be97 #cec6a3 #d4cdae #dad4ba #e1dbc5 #e7e2d1 #ede9dc #f3f1e8 #f9f8f3

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#808cbc Analogous#bc9280 Analogous#aabc80 Triadic#80bcb0 Triadic#b080bc Split complementary#80aabc Split complementary#9280bc

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 32, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb080 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 32 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 33 32

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 #bcb080 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb080; }
.text { color: #bcb080; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb080; }

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 #bcb080 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb080 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 #bcb080 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 #bcb080 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 #bcb080 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. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.