Tan

#ba985e

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

Tan is a mid orange with balanced warmth. 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 #ba985e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ba985e

RGB186, 152, 94

HSL38, 40%, 55%

HSV38, 49%, 73%

CMYK0%, 18%, 49%, 27%

Lab64.73, 5.22, 35.14

XYZ33.5, 33.7, 15.33

Decimal12228702

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone465 C

Shades of tan

#b38d4d #a17f45 #90713e #7e6436 #6d562f #5b4827 #4a3a20 #382c18 #271f11 #151109

Tints of tan

#c0a26d #c7ab7c #cdb58b #d3be99 #dac8a8 #e0d1b7 #e7dbc6 #ede4d5 #f3eee4 #faf7f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#5e80ba Analogous#ba6a5e Analogous#aeba5e Triadic#5eba98 Triadic#985eba Split complementary#5eaeba Split complementary#6a5eba

Tan in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 49, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ba985e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 49 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 49 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 #ba985e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ba985e; }
.text { color: #ba985e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ba985e; }

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 #ba985e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ba985e 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 #ba985e 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 #ba985e 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 #ba985e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.