Dark khaki

#aaa86c

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

Dark khaki falls in the yellow band, mid and muted. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #aaa86c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa86c

RGB170, 168, 108

HSL58, 27%, 55%

HSV58, 36%, 67%

CMYK0%, 1%, 36%, 33%

Lab67.75, -8.55, 31.28

XYZ33.29, 37.63, 19.7

Decimal11184236

Web safe#999966

Pantone5845 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a09e5d #918f54 #817f4b #717042 #626039 #52512f #424226 #33321d #232314 #13130b

Tints of dark khaki

#b2b07a #bab887 #c2c095 #c9c8a2 #d1d0b0 #d9d8bd #e1e0cb #e9e8d9 #f1f0e6 #f8f8f4

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#6c6eaa Analogous#aa896c Analogous#8daa6c Triadic#6caaa8 Triadic#a86caa Split complementary#6c8daa Split complementary#896caa

Dark khaki in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 36, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa86c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 36 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 37 39

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #aaa86c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa86c; }
.text { color: #aaa86c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa86c; }

How dark khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aaa86c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa86c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aaa86c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark khaki? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aaa86c 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 dark khaki, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #aaa86c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.