Dark khaki

#c4ae68

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #c4ae68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4ae68

RGB196, 174, 104

HSL46, 44%, 59%

HSV46, 47%, 77%

CMYK0%, 11%, 47%, 23%

Lab71.56, -1.48, 38.68

XYZ40.4, 43.01, 19.27

Decimal12889704

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4515 C

Shades of dark khaki

#bca455 #b19745 #9e873e #8a7636 #77662e #635527 #50441f #3d3418 #292310 #161309

Tints of dark khaki

#c9b576 #cfbd84 #d4c491 #dacc9f #dfd3ad #e4dabb #eae2c9 #efe9d7 #f5f1e4 #faf8f2

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#687ec4 Analogous#c48068 Analogous#acc468 Triadic#68c4ae Triadic#ae68c4 Split complementary#68acc4 Split complementary#8068c4

Dark khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 47, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4ae68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 47 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 47 29

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 #c4ae68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4ae68; }
.text { color: #c4ae68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4ae68; }

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 #c4ae68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4ae68 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 #c4ae68 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 #c4ae68 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 #c4ae68 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.