Khaki

#f9ee8d

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Khaki color values

Every conversion for #f9ee8d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9ee8d

RGB249, 238, 141

HSL54, 90%, 76%

HSV54, 43%, 98%

CMYK0%, 4%, 43%, 2%

Lab93.11, -9.39, 48.13

XYZ74.45, 83.21, 37.34

Decimal16379533

Web safe#ffff99

Pantone602 C

Shades of khaki

#f7e96b #f5e449 #f4df27 #ead30c #c8b50b #a69609 #837707 #615805 #3f3903 #1d1a02

Tints of khaki

#faf1a0 #fbf2aa #fbf4b4 #fcf5be #fcf7c7 #fdf8d1 #fdfadb #fefbe4 #fefcee

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#8d98f9 Analogous#f9b88d Analogous#cef98d Triadic#8df9ee Triadic#ee8df9 Split complementary#8dcef9 Split complementary#b88df9

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, 4, 43, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9ee8d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 43 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 44 8

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 #f9ee8d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9ee8d; }
.text { color: #f9ee8d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9ee8d; }

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 #f9ee8d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9ee8d 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 #f9ee8d 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 #f9ee8d 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 #f9ee8d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.