Khaki

#ecea85

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

This is Khaki, a strong yellow at 59 degrees. 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 #ecea85, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecea85

RGB236, 234, 133

HSL59, 73%, 72%

HSV59, 44%, 93%

CMYK0%, 1%, 44%, 7%

Lab90.95, -13.25, 49.08

XYZ68.25, 78.37, 33.72

Decimal15526533

Web safe#ffff99

Pantone393 C

Shades of khaki

#e7e568 #e3e04a #dedb2d #cac71f #adaa1b #908d16 #727012 #55540d #383709 #1a1a04

Tints of khaki

#efee9a #f1f0a5 #f3f1b0 #f4f3ba #f6f5c5 #f8f7d0 #f9f9da #fbfbe5 #fdfcf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#8587ec Analogous#ecb685 Analogous#baec85 Triadic#85ecea Triadic#ea85ec Split complementary#85baec Split complementary#b685ec

Khaki in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 44, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecea85 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 44 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 44 13

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Khaki in css

Copy #ecea85 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecea85; }
.text { color: #ecea85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecea85; }

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 #ecea85 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecea85 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 #ecea85 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 #ecea85 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 #ecea85 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.