Tan

#c8a36d

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

Tan sits in the orange range, mid and soft. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #c8a36d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a36d

RGB200, 163, 109

HSL36, 45%, 61%

HSV36, 46%, 78%

CMYK0%, 19%, 45%, 22%

Lab69.17, 6.58, 33.12

XYZ39.68, 39.58, 20.02

Decimal13149037

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone465 C

Shades of tan

#c09659 #b88945 #a47a3e #906b36 #7b5c2e #674d27 #533e1f #3f2f18 #2a2010 #161108

Tints of tan

#cdab7a #d2b488 #d7bc95 #dcc5a2 #e1cdb0 #e6d5bd #ebdeca #f0e6d7 #f5eee5 #faf7f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#6d92c8 Analogous#c8766d Analogous#c0c86d Triadic#6dc8a3 Triadic#a36dc8 Split complementary#6dc0c8 Split complementary#756dc8

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, 19, 45, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a36d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 45 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 45 28

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Tan in css

Copy #c8a36d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a36d; }
.text { color: #c8a36d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a36d; }

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 #c8a36d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a36d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c8a36d 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c8a36d 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 #c8a36d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.