Dark khaki

#cbad5f

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

Dark khaki sits in the orange range, mid and soft. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #cbad5f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbad5f

RGB203, 173, 95

HSL43, 51%, 58%

HSV43, 53%, 80%

CMYK0%, 15%, 53%, 20%

Lab71.83, 1.15, 43.72

XYZ41.64, 43.41, 17.01

Decimal13348191

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone465 C

Shades of dark khaki

#c4a34b #b9963c #a48635 #90752f #7c6528 #685422 #54441b #3f3415 #2b230e #171308

Tints of dark khaki

#d0b56e #d5bc7c #d9c48b #decb9a #e3d3a8 #e8dab7 #ece2c6 #f1e9d4 #f6f1e3 #fbf8f2

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#5f7dcb Analogous#cb775f Analogous#b3cb5f Triadic#5fcbad Triadic#ad5fcb Split complementary#5fb3cb Split complementary#775fcb

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, 15, 53, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbad5f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 53 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 53 26

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 #cbad5f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbad5f; }
.text { color: #cbad5f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbad5f; }

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 #cbad5f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbad5f 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 #cbad5f 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 #cbad5f 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 #cbad5f are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.