Tan

#caa77f

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

Tan is a mid orange with grounded 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 #caa77f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caa77f

RGB202, 167, 127

HSL32, 41%, 65%

HSV32, 37%, 79%

CMYK0%, 17%, 37%, 21%

Lab70.68, 7.23, 25.5

XYZ42.01, 41.73, 25.92

Decimal13281151

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone728 C

Shades of tan

#c1986a #b98a55 #a97b46 #946c3d #7f5c35 #6a4d2c #553e23 #402e1a #2b1f12 #161009

Tints of tan

#cfaf8b #d4b796 #d8bfa2 #ddc7ad #e2cfb9 #e7d7c4 #ebdfd0 #f0e6db #f5eee7 #faf6f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#7fa2ca Analogous#ca817f Analogous#c8ca7f Triadic#7fcaa7 Triadic#a77fca Split complementary#7fc8ca Split complementary#817fca

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 37, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caa77f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 37 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 38 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 #caa77f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caa77f; }
.text { color: #caa77f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caa77f; }

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 #caa77f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caa77f 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 #caa77f 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 #caa77f 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

Every value on this page for #caa77f is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.