Khaki

#e1cf60

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 #e1cf60, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1cf60

RGB225, 207, 96

HSL52, 68%, 63%

HSV52, 57%, 88%

CMYK0%, 8%, 57%, 12%

Lab82.63, -7.3, 56.35

XYZ55.48, 61.48, 20.01

Decimal14798688

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone458 C

Shades of khaki

#dcc848 #d8c02f #c5ae25 #ac9921 #94831c #7b6d17 #635813 #4b420e #322c09 #1a1705

Tints of khaki

#e4d36e #e6d87d #e9dc8b #ece09a #efe5a8 #f1e9b6 #f4edc5 #f7f2d3 #f9f6e2 #fcfaf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#6072e1 Analogous#e18e60 Analogous#b3e160 Triadic#60e1cf Triadic#cf60e1 Split complementary#60b3e1 Split complementary#8e60e1

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, 8, 57, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1cf60 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 57 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 56 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 #e1cf60 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1cf60; }
.text { color: #e1cf60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1cf60; }

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 #e1cf60 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1cf60 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 #e1cf60 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 #e1cf60 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

The figures for #e1cf60 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.