Tan

#aea18e

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

This is Tan, a muted orange at 36 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #aea18e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aea18e

RGB174, 161, 142

HSL36, 16%, 62%

HSV36, 18%, 68%

CMYK0%, 7%, 18%, 32%

Lab66.86, 1.53, 11.6

XYZ35.08, 36.44, 30.78

Decimal11444622

Web safe#999999

Pantone402 C

Shades of tan

#a2937d #96856d #867760 #766854 #655948 #544b3c #443c31 #332d25 #221e19 #12100d

Tints of tan

#b5aa98 #bdb2a3 #c4bbad #cbc3b7 #d3ccc1 #dad4cc #e1ddd6 #e9e5e0 #f0eeea #f8f6f5

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8e9bae Analogous#ae918e Analogous#abae8e Triadic#8eaea1 Triadic#a18eae Split complementary#8eabae Split complementary#918eae

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 18, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aea18e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 18 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 21 38

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 #aea18e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aea18e; }
.text { color: #aea18e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aea18e; }

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 #aea18e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aea18e 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 #aea18e 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 #aea18e 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

The figures for #aea18e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.