Khaki

#fcf271

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

This is Khaki, a vivid yellow at 56 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 #fcf271, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcf271

RGB252, 242, 113

HSL56, 96%, 72%

HSV56, 55%, 99%

CMYK0%, 4%, 55%, 1%

Lab94.05, -12.57, 62.32

XYZ74.88, 85.39, 28.16

Decimal16577137

Web safe#ffff66

Pantone3935 C

Shades of khaki

#fbef50 #fbec30 #e2d305 #c2b404 #a19603 #807703 #5f5902 #3f3a01 #1e1c01

Tints of khaki

#fdf48a #fdf596 #fdf7a3 #fdf8af #fef9bc #fefac8 #fefbd5 #fefce1 #fffdee

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#717bfc Analogous#fcac71 Analogous#c1fc71 Triadic#71fcf2 Triadic#f271fc Split complementary#71c1fc Split complementary#ad71fc

Khaki in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 55, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcf271 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 55 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 55 7

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 #fcf271 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcf271; }
.text { color: #fcf271; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcf271; }

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 #fcf271 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcf271 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 #fcf271 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 #fcf271 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 #fcf271 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.