Tan

#cbb47a

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 #cbb47a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbb47a

RGB203, 180, 122

HSL43, 44%, 64%

HSV43, 40%, 80%

CMYK0%, 11%, 40%, 20%

Lab74.03, 0.1, 32.6

XYZ44.46, 46.74, 25.09

Decimal13350010

Web safe#cccc66

Pantone4515 C

Shades of tan

#c3a865 #ba9c50 #aa8d43 #957b3a #806a32 #6b582a #554721 #403519 #2b2411 #161209

Tints of tan

#d0bb86 #d4c292 #d9c89e #decfaa #e2d6b6 #e7ddc2 #ece3ce #f1eada #f5f1e6 #faf8f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#7a91cb Analogous#cb8c7a Analogous#b9cb7a Triadic#7acbb4 Triadic#b47acb Split complementary#7ab9cb Split complementary#8c7acb

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 40, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbb47a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 40 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 41 26

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 #cbb47a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbb47a; }
.text { color: #cbb47a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbb47a; }

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 #cbb47a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbb47a 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 #cbb47a 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 #cbb47a 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 #cbb47a are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.