Khaki

#fde18d

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

Khaki is a light yellow, relaxed 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 #fde18d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fde18d

RGB253, 225, 141

HSL45, 97%, 77%

HSV45, 44%, 99%

CMYK0%, 11%, 44%, 1%

Lab90.16, -1.3, 44.5

XYZ72.24, 76.66, 36.19

Decimal16638349

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone1215 C

Shades of khaki

#fcd869 #fcce46 #fbc522 #f4b804 #d19d04 #ad8203 #896802 #654d02 #423201 #1e1701

Tints of khaki

#fde6a0 #fee9aa #feebb4 #feeebd #fef0c7 #fef3d1 #fef5da #fff8e4 #fffaed

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#8da9fd Analogous#fda98d Analogous#e1fd8d Triadic#8dfde1 Triadic#e18dfd Split complementary#8de1fd Split complementary#a98dfd

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, 11, 44, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fde18d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 44 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 44 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 #fde18d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fde18d; }
.text { color: #fde18d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fde18d; }

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 #fde18d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fde18d 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 #fde18d 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 #fde18d 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 #fde18d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.