Khaki

#eef685

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

Khaki falls in the yellow band, light and vivid. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #eef685, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eef685

RGB238, 246, 133

HSL64, 86%, 74%

HSV64, 46%, 96%

CMYK3%, 0%, 46%, 4%

Lab94.22, -18.34, 53.12

XYZ72.45, 85.78, 34.93

Decimal15660677

Web safe#ffff99

Pantone393 C

Shades of khaki

#e9f465 #e5f144 #e0ef24 #d1df10 #b2bf0e #949e0c #767e09 #575d07 #393d04 #1b1c02

Tints of khaki

#f1f89a #f2f8a5 #f4f9af #f5faba #f7fbc4 #f8fbcf #fafcd9 #fbfde4 #fdfeee

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#8d85f6 Analogous#f6c685 Analogous#b5f685 Triadic#85eef6 Triadic#f685ee Split complementary#85b5f6 Split complementary#c685f6

Khaki in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 46, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eef685 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 46 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 46 10

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 #eef685 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eef685; }
.text { color: #eef685; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eef685; }

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 #eef685 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eef685 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 #eef685 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 #eef685 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

Every value on this page for #eef685 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.