Khaki

#dbd951

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

Khaki is a mid yellow, balanced at this saturation. 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.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #dbd951, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbd951

RGB219, 217, 81

HSL59, 66%, 59%

HSV59, 63%, 86%

CMYK0%, 1%, 63%, 14%

Lab84.63, -15.8, 64.84

XYZ55.51, 65.28, 17.46

Decimal14408017

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone584 C

Shades of khaki

#d6d43b #ccca2a #b6b426 #9f9d21 #89871c #737118 #5c5b13 #46450e #302f0a #191905

Tints of khaki

#dedc61 #e2e071 #e5e381 #e8e791 #ebeaa1 #efeeb1 #f2f1c0 #f5f5d0 #f9f8e0 #fcfcf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#5153db Analogous#db9451 Analogous#98db51 Triadic#51dbd9 Triadic#d951db Split complementary#5198db Split complementary#9451db

Khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 63, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbd951 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 63 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 62 20

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 #dbd951 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbd951; }
.text { color: #dbd951; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbd951; }

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 #dbd951 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbd951 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 #dbd951 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 #dbd951 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

Every value on this page for #dbd951 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.