What two colors make khaki?

Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Why does khaki look different when acrylic dries?

Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #A59B6A is predicted to dry to about #988C5D. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

What is the hex code for khaki?

Chromilla uses #A39A6A as the target for khaki. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #988C5D.

How to Mix Khaki in Acrylic

Quick answer

To mix khaki (#A39A6A) in acrylic, use 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.

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Target

Khaki

#A39A6A

Predicted dry result

89% match when dry

Mix to #A59B6A while wet. It dries to about #988C5D.

Khaki in acrylic: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
Paint	Pigment	Share	100 ml batch
Titanium White	PW6	78%	78 ml
Raw Umber	PBr7	17%	17 ml
Ivory Black	PBk9	5%	5 ml

How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.

Terms used here: Tinting strength, Dry shift, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Pigment code, Gamut.

A muted green-brown khaki. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #A39A6A in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Pigment recipe

Checked August 2026

Ratios calibrated for acrylic. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.

1. Titanium White
PW6
78%
2. Raw Umber
PBr7
17%
3. Ivory Black
PBk9
5%

What colors make Khaki?

Titanium White, Raw Umber, and Ivory Black, in roughly a 78:17:5 ratio.

How to make Khaki in acrylic

Start with Titanium White at about 78% as your acrylic base, then work in Raw Umber and Ivory Black in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #A39A6A.

Why mix Khaki instead of buying it

Mixing Khaki yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Khaki across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.

Common mistakes

Reaching for more black to deepen it kills the chroma, add the dark modifier already in the recipe instead. White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.

Variations on Khaki

Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.

Lighter Khaki

#BCB382

76% Titanium White, 17% Burnt Sienna and 7% Ultramarine Blue. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Khaki

#8B8253

77% Yellow Ochre, 19% Titanium White and 4% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Khaki

#AB9769

70% Titanium White, 26% Burnt Sienna and 4% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Khaki

#9A9D6D

11 parts Titanium White, 4 parts Burnt Sienna and 3 parts Ultramarine Blue. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Khaki questions

What two colors make khaki?: Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make khaki paint lighter without losing the hue?: Re-balance the mix instead of only adding white. For a lighter khaki (#BCB382) in acrylic, Chromilla mixes 76% Titanium White, 17% Burnt Sienna and 7% Ultramarine Blue. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Why does khaki look different when acrylic dries?: Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #A59B6A is predicted to dry to about #988C5D. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
What is the hex code for khaki?: Chromilla uses #A39A6A as the target for khaki. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #988C5D.

Khaki in other mediums

Khaki in Oil: 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black, predicted 99% dry match by Chromilla's color model.
Khaki in Watercolor: 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black, predicted 91% dry match by Chromilla's color model.

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