Khaki

#dec969

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

Khaki is a mid yellow, confident 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 #dec969, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dec969

RGB222, 201, 105

HSL49, 64%, 64%

HSV49, 53%, 87%

CMYK0%, 9%, 53%, 13%

Lab80.92, -4.76, 50.1

XYZ53.56, 58.32, 21.8

Decimal14600553

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone458 C

Shades of khaki

#d9c051 #d3b838 #c3a82b #ab9326 #937e20 #7a691b #625416 #4a3f10 #312a0b #191606

Tints of khaki

#e1ce77 #e4d384 #e7d892 #eadc9f #ede1ad #f0e6ba #f3ebc8 #f6f0d5 #f9f5e3 #fcfaf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#697ede Analogous#de8e69 Analogous#b8de69 Triadic#69dec9 Triadic#c969de Split complementary#69b8de Split complementary#8f69de

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, 9, 53, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dec969 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 53 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 53 19

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 #dec969 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dec969; }
.text { color: #dec969; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dec969; }

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 #dec969 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dec969 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 #dec969 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 #dec969 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 #dec969 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.