Khaki

#e5de4f

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 #e5de4f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5de4f

RGB229, 222, 79

HSL57, 74%, 60%

HSV57, 66%, 90%

CMYK0%, 3%, 66%, 10%

Lab86.73, -14.27, 68.08

XYZ59.85, 69.47, 17.65

Decimal15064655

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone603 C

Shades of khaki

#e1d937 #dcd321 #c4bc1d #aca519 #948e16 #7b7612 #635f0f #4b480b #333108 #1b1a04

Tints of khaki

#e7e15f #eae46f #ece77f #eeea8f #f1ed9f #f3f0af #f6f3bf #f8f6cf #faf9df #fdfcef

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#4f56e5 Analogous#e5934f Analogous#a1e54f Triadic#4fe5de Triadic#de4fe5 Split complementary#4fa1e5 Split complementary#934fe5

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, 3, 66, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5de4f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 66 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 65 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 #e5de4f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5de4f; }
.text { color: #e5de4f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5de4f; }

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 #e5de4f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5de4f 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 #e5de4f 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 #e5de4f 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 #e5de4f are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.