Khaki

#f4e172

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #f4e172, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e172

RGB244, 225, 114

HSL51, 86%, 70%

HSV51, 53%, 96%

CMYK0%, 8%, 53%, 4%

Lab89.06, -7.27, 55.94

XYZ67.27, 74.3, 26.72

Decimal16048498

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone121 C

Shades of khaki

#f2db54 #efd435 #edce17 #d3b610 #b49c0e #96820c #776709 #594d07 #3b3305 #1c1902

Tints of khaki

#f5e47e #f6e68b #f7e997 #f8eca4 #f9eeb0 #faf1bd #fbf4c9 #fcf6d6 #fdf9e2 #fefbee

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#7285f4 Analogous#f4a072 Analogous#c6f472 Triadic#72f4e1 Triadic#e172f4 Split complementary#72c6f4 Split complementary#a072f4

Khaki in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 53, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e172 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 53 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 53 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Khaki in css

Copy #f4e172 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e172; }
.text { color: #f4e172; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e172; }

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 #f4e172 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e172 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 #f4e172 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 #f4e172 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

The figures for #f4e172 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.