Khaki

#cdcd34

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

Khaki falls in the yellow band, mid and strong. 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 #cdcd34, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdcd34

RGB205, 205, 52

HSL60, 60%, 50%

HSV60, 75%, 80%

CMYK0%, 0%, 75%, 20%

Lab80.12, -17.16, 70.58

XYZ47.63, 56.89, 11.72

Decimal13487412

Web safe#cccc33

Pantone611 C

Shades of khaki

#bcbc2e #aaaa2a #989825 #868621 #73731c #616118 #4f4f13 #3d3d0f #2b2b0b #191906

Tints of khaki

#d2d247 #d6d65a #dbdb6d #e0e07f #e4e492 #e9e9a5 #eeeeb8 #f2f2cb #f7f7de #fbfbf1

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#3434cd Analogous#cd8134 Analogous#81cd34 Triadic#34cdcd Triadic#cd34cd Split complementary#3480cd Split complementary#8034cd

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, 75, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdcd34 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 75 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 73 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.

Khaki in css

Copy #cdcd34 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdcd34; }
.text { color: #cdcd34; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdcd34; }

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 #cdcd34 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdcd34 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 #cdcd34 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 #cdcd34 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 #cdcd34 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.