Tan

#a8946e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for tan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Tan sits in the orange range, mid and muted. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #a8946e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a8946e

RGB168, 148, 110

HSL39, 25%, 55%

HSV39, 35%, 66%

CMYK0%, 12%, 35%, 34%

Lab62.19, 1.69, 22.85

XYZ29.55, 30.63, 19.11

Decimal11048046

Web safe#999966

Pantone451 C

Shades of tan

#9e885f #8f7b56 #7f6e4c #706043 #60533a #514631 #423827 #322b1e #231e15 #13100b

Tints of tan

#b09e7b #b8a889 #c0b296 #c8bca4 #d0c5b1 #d8cfbe #e0d9cc #e8e3d9 #f0ede6 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#6e82a8 Analogous#a8776e Analogous#9fa86e Triadic#6ea894 Triadic#946ea8 Split complementary#6e9fa8 Split complementary#776ea8

Tan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 35, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a8946e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 35 34

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 36 40

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Tan in css

Copy #a8946e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a8946e; }
.text { color: #a8946e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8946e; }

How tan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Tan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a8946e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a8946e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a8946e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around tan? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a8946e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from tan, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a8946e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.