Khaki

#efea96

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

Khaki is a light yellow, soft at this saturation. 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 #efea96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efea96

RGB239, 234, 150

HSL57, 74%, 76%

HSV57, 37%, 94%

CMYK0%, 2%, 37%, 6%

Lab91.41, -10.33, 41.41

XYZ70.52, 79.4, 40.46

Decimal15723158

Web safe#ffff99

Pantone601 C

Shades of khaki

#eae477 #e6de58 #e1d739 #d5cb20 #b6ad1c #979017 #787212 #59550e #3a3709 #1b1904

Tints of khaki

#f2eea8 #f3efb1 #f4f1ba #f6f3c3 #f7f5cc #f9f7d5 #faf8de #fbfae7 #fdfcf0

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#969bef Analogous#efbd96 Analogous#c8ef96 Triadic#96efea Triadic#ea96ef Split complementary#96c8ef Split complementary#bd96ef

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, 2, 37, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efea96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 37 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 38 12

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 #efea96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efea96; }
.text { color: #efea96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efea96; }

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 #efea96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efea96 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 #efea96 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 #efea96 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 #efea96 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.