Dark khaki

#cdc557

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 56 degrees. 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 #cdc557, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc557

RGB205, 197, 87

HSL56, 54%, 57%

HSV56, 58%, 80%

CMYK0%, 4%, 58%, 20%

Lab78.23, -11.15, 54.99

XYZ46.86, 53.6, 16.89

Decimal13485399

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone611 C

Shades of dark khaki

#c7be43 #b9b037 #a59d31 #908a2b #7c7625 #68631f #545019 #403d13 #2c2a0d #181607

Tints of dark khaki

#d2ca66 #d6d076 #dbd585 #dfda95 #e4e0a4 #e9e5b4 #edeac3 #f2f0d2 #f6f5e2 #fbfaf1

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#575fcd Analogous#cd8a57 Analogous#9acd57 Triadic#57cdc5 Triadic#c557cd Split complementary#579acd Split complementary#8a57cd

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, 4, 58, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc557 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 58 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 57 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #cdc557 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc557; }
.text { color: #cdc557; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc557; }

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 #cdc557 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc557 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 #cdc557 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 #cdc557 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

Every value on this page for #cdc557 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.