Tan

#aaa38c

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

Tan is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #aaa38c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa38c

RGB170, 163, 140

HSL46, 15%, 61%

HSV46, 18%, 67%

CMYK0%, 4%, 18%, 33%

Lab67.0, -1.41, 12.87

XYZ34.41, 36.63, 30.07

Decimal11182988

Web safe#999999

Pantone415 C

Shades of tan

#9e967c #92896c #827a60 #726b54 #625c48 #524d3d #423e31 #322f25 #222019 #12110d

Tints of tan

#b2ab96 #b9b4a1 #c1bcab #c9c5b6 #d1cdc0 #d8d5cb #e0ded5 #e8e6e0 #f0eeea #f7f7f5

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8c93aa Analogous#aa948c Analogous#a2aa8c Triadic#8caaa3 Triadic#a38caa Split complementary#8ca2aa Split complementary#948caa

Tan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 18, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa38c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 18 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 21 39

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 #aaa38c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa38c; }
.text { color: #aaa38c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa38c; }

How tan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Tan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aaa38c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa38c 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 #aaa38c 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 #aaa38c 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 #aaa38c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.