Tan

#b99c60

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

This is Tan, a soft orange at 40 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 #b99c60, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b99c60

RGB185, 156, 96

HSL40, 39%, 55%

HSV40, 48%, 73%

CMYK0%, 16%, 48%, 27%

Lab65.7, 2.81, 35.28

XYZ34.01, 34.94, 16.02

Decimal12164192

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone465 C

Shades of tan

#b1914f #a08347 #8f753f #7e6737 #6c5830 #5b4a28 #493c20 #382e19 #272011 #151109

Tints of tan

#bfa56f #c6ae7d #ccb78c #d3c19b #d9caa9 #e0d3b8 #e6dcc7 #ede5d5 #f3eee4 #faf7f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#607db9 Analogous#b97060 Analogous#a9b960 Triadic#60b99c Triadic#9c60b9 Split complementary#60aab9 Split complementary#6f60b9

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 48, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b99c60 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 48 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 48 33

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 #b99c60 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b99c60; }
.text { color: #b99c60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b99c60; }

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 #b99c60 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b99c60 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 #b99c60 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 #b99c60 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 #b99c60 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 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.