Dark Khaki

Hex #BDB76B, rgb(189 183 107). A yellow CSS named color.

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Dark Khaki color codes

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About Dark Khaki

Dark Khaki is a light moderately saturated yellow with the hex code #BDB76B. In RGB it is made of 189 red, 183 green and 107 blue; in HSL its hue is 56°, with 38% saturation and 58% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 76.7%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "darkkhaki" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 2.07:1 and against black 10.15:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Dark Khaki mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

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Dark Khaki 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Dark Khaki

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Dark Khaki with white and black. The readable text color on Dark Khaki is black.

Dark Khaki textSmall text on white

On white2.07:1

AA fail
AA Large fail
AAA fail
UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 40

Dark Khaki textSmall text on black

On black10.15:1

AA pass
AA Large pass
AAA pass
UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -62

Black text on Dark Khaki (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Dark Khaki appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

Protanopia#C3B265
Deuteranopia#C5B66E
Tritanopia#C8AEA5
Protanomaly#C2B468
Deuteranomaly#C3B66D
Tritanomaly#C1B389
Achromatopsia#B4B4B4

Colors similar to Dark Khaki

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Dark Khaki in CSS and Tailwind

CSS

.dark-khaki {
  color: darkkhaki; /* #BDB76B */
  background-color: rgb(189 183 107);
  border-color: oklch(76.7% 0.098 104.5);
}

Tailwind CSS

/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-dark-khaki-500, text-dark-khaki-700... */
@theme {
  --color-dark-khaki-50: #FBFBF1;
  --color-dark-khaki-100: #EDECD6;
  --color-dark-khaki-200: #D9D7AF;
  --color-dark-khaki-300: #BDB76B;
  --color-dark-khaki-400: #A09600;
  --color-dark-khaki-500: #8A8100;
  --color-dark-khaki-600: #766E00;
  --color-dark-khaki-700: #5F5900;
  --color-dark-khaki-800: #4D4700;
  --color-dark-khaki-900: #3F3A00;
  --color-dark-khaki-950: #191700;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#BDB76B] text-[#000000]">…</div>