Dark Khaki #BDB76B

Dark Khaki color (#BDB76B)

Dark Khaki is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword darkkhaki anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #BDB76B, which is rgb(189, 183, 107) in RGB.

It is a light, moderately saturated warm color with a hue angle of 56° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 77% in OKLCH. On a dark khaki background, black text gives the higher contrast at 10.14:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Dark Khaki color codes

CSS name darkkhaki
HEX #BDB76B
HEX (8-digit) #BDB76BFF
RGB rgb(189, 183, 107)
HSL hsl(56, 38%, 58%)
HSV / HSB hsv(56, 43%, 74%)
OKLCH oklch(76.7% 0.098 104.5)
CMYK cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 43.4%, 25.9%)

Contrast with white and black

WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for dark khaki used as text and as a background.

Aa Sample text
Dark Khaki text on white
2.06:1 WCAG Lc 40.4 APCA Fails AA
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Dark Khaki text on black
10.14:1 WCAG Lc -61.9 APCA Passes AA
Aa Sample text
White text on dark khaki
2.06:1 WCAG Lc -44.9 APCA Fails AA
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Black text on dark khaki
10.14:1 WCAG Lc 63.6 APCA Passes AA

Tints and shades of dark khaki

Tints mix dark khaki with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.

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Colors that go with dark khaki

Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.

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Split-Complementary

Dark Khaki with color blindness

Approximately how dark khaki appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.

Using dark khaki in CSS

.element {
  color: darkkhaki;
  background-color: #bdb76b;
  border-color: rgb(189 183 107 / 50%);
  outline-color: oklch(76.7% 0.098 104.5);
}

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