Khaki

#e5d855

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 #e5d855, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5d855

RGB229, 216, 85

HSL55, 73%, 62%

HSV55, 63%, 90%

CMYK0%, 6%, 63%, 10%

Lab85.21, -10.93, 64.07

XYZ58.51, 66.43, 18.33

Decimal15063125

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone611 C

Shades of khaki

#e1d23c #ddcd24 #c7b71e #aea11b #958a17 #7d7313 #645d0f #4c460c #332f08 #1b1904

Tints of khaki

#e7dc64 #eadf74 #ece383 #eee693 #f1eaa2 #f3edb2 #f6f1c1 #f8f4d1 #faf8e0 #fdfbf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#5562e5 Analogous#e59055 Analogous#aae555 Triadic#55e5d8 Triadic#d855e5 Split complementary#55aae5 Split complementary#9055e5

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, 6, 63, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5d855 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 63 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 62 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Khaki in css

Copy #e5d855 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5d855; }
.text { color: #e5d855; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5d855; }

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 #e5d855 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5d855 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e5d855 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e5d855 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 #e5d855 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.