Khaki

#ebde89

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

Khaki is a light yellow, open at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #ebde89, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebde89

RGB235, 222, 137

HSL52, 71%, 73%

HSV52, 42%, 92%

CMYK0%, 6%, 42%, 8%

Lab87.83, -7.26, 43.21

XYZ64.9, 71.71, 34.09

Decimal15457929

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone127 C

Shades of khaki

#e6d66c #e1ce4f #dcc631 #c9b322 #ac991d #8f7f18 #726513 #554b0e #373109 #1a1704

Tints of khaki

#eee49e #f0e7a8 #f2e9b2 #f4ecbc #f5efc7 #f7f2d1 #f9f5db #fbf8e5 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#8996eb Analogous#ebad89 Analogous#c7eb89 Triadic#89ebde Triadic#de89eb Split complementary#89c7eb Split complementary#ad89eb

Khaki in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 42, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebde89 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 42 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 43 14

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 #ebde89 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebde89; }
.text { color: #ebde89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebde89; }

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 #ebde89 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebde89 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 #ebde89 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 #ebde89 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 #ebde89 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.