Tan

#c9bb96

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

Tan is a mid orange with confident 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 #c9bb96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9bb96

RGB201, 187, 150

HSL44, 32%, 69%

HSV44, 25%, 79%

CMYK0%, 7%, 25%, 21%

Lab76.17, -0.87, 20.56

XYZ47.36, 50.16, 36.04

Decimal13220758

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone452 C

Shades of tan

#bead81 #b3a06c #a89257 #93804c #7e6d41 #695b36 #54492b #3f3620 #292415 #14120a

Tints of tan

#cec19f #d3c7a9 #d7cdb2 #dcd3bb #e1d9c5 #e6dfce #ebe5d7 #efebe1 #f4f1ea #f9f7f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#96a4c9 Analogous#c9a296 Analogous#bec996 Triadic#96c9bb Triadic#bb96c9 Split complementary#96bec9 Split complementary#a196c9

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, 7, 25, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9bb96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 25 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 27 27

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 #c9bb96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9bb96; }
.text { color: #c9bb96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9bb96; }

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 #c9bb96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9bb96 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 #c9bb96 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 #c9bb96 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 #c9bb96 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.