Khaki

#ffe896

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 47 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 #ffe896, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffe896

RGB255, 232, 150

HSL47, 100%, 79%

HSV47, 41%, 100%

CMYK0%, 9%, 41%, 0%

Lab92.21, -3.15, 42.69

XYZ75.6, 81.18, 40.54

Decimal16771222

Web safe#ffff99

Pantone1215 C

Shades of khaki

#ffe071 #ffd84b #ffcf26 #ffc700 #daaa00 #b48d00 #8f7000 #695200 #443500 #1f1800

Tints of khaki

#ffeca7 #ffeeb0 #fff0b9 #fff2c2 #fff3ca #fff5d3 #fff7dc #fff9e4 #fffbed

Colors that go with khaki

Complementary#96adff Analogous#ffb496 Analogous#e1ff96 Triadic#96ffe8 Triadic#e896ff Split complementary#96e1ff Split complementary#b496ff

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, 9, 41, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffe896 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 41 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 42 6

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 #ffe896 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffe896; }
.text { color: #ffe896; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffe896; }

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 #ffe896 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffe896 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 #ffe896 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 #ffe896 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 #ffe896 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.