Dark khaki

#bcbc52

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 60 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 #bcbc52, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcbc52

RGB188, 188, 82

HSL60, 44%, 53%

HSV60, 56%, 74%

CMYK0%, 0%, 56%, 26%

Lab74.36, -14.03, 52.53

XYZ40.25, 47.27, 14.98

Decimal12368978

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone397 C

Shades of dark khaki

#b1b145 #a0a03e #8f8f37 #7e7e31 #6c6c2a #5b5b23 #4a4a1d #393916 #27270f #161609

Tints of dark khaki

#c2c262 #c8c872 #cfcf82 #d5d592 #dbdba2 #e1e1b2 #e7e7c2 #eeeed2 #f4f4e2 #fafaf2

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#5252bc Analogous#bc8752 Analogous#87bc52 Triadic#52bcbc Triadic#bc52bc Split complementary#5287bc Split complementary#8752bc

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, 0, 56, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcbc52 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 56 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 56 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #bcbc52 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcbc52; }
.text { color: #bcbc52; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcbc52; }

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 #bcbc52 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcbc52 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 #bcbc52 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 #bcbc52 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

Here is how the numbers for #bcbc52 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.