Khaki (colour)
| Khaki (X11) | |
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 Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #F0E68C |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (240, 230, 140) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (54°, 41%, 94%) |
| Source | X11 |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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| Khaki (HTML/CSS) | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #C3B091 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (195, 176, 145) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (37°, 26%, 76%) |
| Source | HTML/CSS |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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| Dark Khaki | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #BDB76B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (189, 183, 107) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (56°, 43%, 74%) |
| Source | X11 |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Khaki (UK: /ˈkɑːkiː/, Canada and US: /ˈkækiː/) is a color, a light shade of yellow-brown.
Khaki has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage. It has been used as a color name in English since 1848 when it was first introduced as a military uniform, and was called both drab and khaki—khaki being a translation of the English drab light-brown color. A khaki uniform is often referred to as khakis.
In Western fashion, it is a standard color for smart casual dress trousers for civilians, which are also often called khakis.
Khaki is a loanword from Hindustani (Urdu or Hindi) ख़ाकी/خاکی 'soil-colored', which in turn comes from Persian خاک [xɒːk] khâk 'soil' + ی- (adjectival ending); it came into English via the British Indian Army.
Khaki was first worn in the Corps of Guides that was raised in December 1846 as the brain-child of Sir Henry Lawrence (1806–1857) Resident at Lahore, and Agent to the Governor-General for the North-West Frontier. Lawrence chose as its commandant Sir Harry Lumsden supported by William Stephen Raikes Hodson as Second-in-Command to begin the process of raising the Corps of Guides for frontier service from British Indian recruits at Peshawar, Punjab.
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