Lighter Khaki
#BCB382
76% Titanium White, 17% Burnt Sienna and 7% Ultramarine Blue. Chromilla's model predicts a 95% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How to Mix Khaki in Oil
Quick answer
To mix khaki (#A39A6A) in oil, use 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts a 99% 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.
Target
Khaki
#A39A6A
Predicted dry result
99% match when dryMix to #A59B6A. It dries true to color.
| 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 oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Pigment recipe
Checked August 2026
Ratios calibrated for oil. 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 oil
Start with Titanium White at about 78% as your oil 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.
Darker Khaki
#8B8253
77% Yellow Ochre, 19% Titanium White and 4% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts a 98% 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 a 97% 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 a 99% 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 oil 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 a 99% 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 oil, Chromilla mixes 76% Titanium White, 17% Burnt Sienna and 7% Ultramarine Blue. Chromilla's model predicts a 95% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
- What is the hex code for khaki?
- Chromilla uses #A39A6A as the target for khaki. The oil recipe is predicted to dry to about #A59B6A.
Khaki in other mediums
- Khaki in Acrylic: 78% Titanium White, 17% Raw Umber and 5% Ivory Black, predicted 89% 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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