Khaki

#e1cd53

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #e1cd53, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1cd53

RGB225, 205, 83

HSL52, 70%, 60%

HSV52, 63%, 88%

CMYK0%, 9%, 63%, 12%

Lab82.0, -7.16, 61.37

XYZ54.44, 60.29, 16.95

Decimal14798163

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone611 C

Shades of khaki

#ddc63b #d7be26 #bfa921 #a8941d #907f19 #796b15 #615611 #49410d #322c09 #1a1705

Tints of khaki

#e4d263 #e6d672 #e9db82 #ecdf92 #efe4a1 #f1e8b1 #f4edc1 #f7f1d0 #faf6e0 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#5367e1 Analogous#e18653 Analogous#aee153 Triadic#53e1cd Triadic#cd53e1 Split complementary#53aee1 Split complementary#8653e1

Khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 63, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1cd53 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 63 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 62 18

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 #e1cd53 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1cd53; }
.text { color: #e1cd53; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1cd53; }

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 #e1cd53 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1cd53 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 #e1cd53 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 #e1cd53 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 #e1cd53 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.