Khaki

#ccd985

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

This is Khaki, a soft yellow at 69 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.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #ccd985, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccd985

RGB204, 217, 133

HSL69, 53%, 69%

HSV69, 39%, 85%

CMYK6%, 0%, 39%, 15%

Lab84.05, -17.25, 39.9

XYZ53.95, 64.16, 31.73

Decimal13425029

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone372 C

Shades of khaki

#c2d16d #b8ca54 #adc23c #97a935 #82912d #6c7926 #56601e #404816 #2b300f #151707

Tints of khaki

#d1dc90 #d5e09b #dae3a6 #dee7b0 #e3eabb #e7edc6 #ecf1d1 #f0f4dc #f5f7e7 #f9fbf1

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#9285d9 Analogous#d9bc85 Analogous#a2d985 Triadic#85ccd9 Triadic#d985cc Split complementary#85a2d9 Split complementary#bc85d9

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 6, 0, 39, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ccd985 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 0 39 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 40 21

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.

Khaki in css

Copy #ccd985 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ccd985; }
.text { color: #ccd985; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ccd985; }

How khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ccd985 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccd985 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ccd985 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ccd985 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 khaki, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ccd985 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.