Tan

#bcb28e

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

This is Tan, a muted yellow at 47 degrees. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #bcb28e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb28e

RGB188, 178, 142

HSL47, 26%, 65%

HSV47, 24%, 74%

CMYK0%, 5%, 24%, 26%

Lab72.55, -2.24, 19.72

XYZ41.54, 44.49, 31.99

Decimal12366478

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone452 C

Shades of tan

#b1a57b #a69868 #978959 #84784e #716743 #5e5638 #4c452d #393422 #262317 #13120b

Tints of tan

#c2b998 #c8c0a2 #cec7ad #d4ceb7 #dad5c1 #e0dccb #e6e3d5 #ece9df #f2f0ea #f8f7f4

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8e98bc Analogous#bc9b8e Analogous#afbc8e Triadic#8ebcb2 Triadic#b28ebc Split complementary#8eafbc Split complementary#9b8ebc

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, 5, 24, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb28e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 24 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 26 32

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 #bcb28e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb28e; }
.text { color: #bcb28e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb28e; }

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 #bcb28e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb28e 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 #bcb28e 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 #bcb28e 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 #bcb28e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.