Beige

#cbcbb5

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

Beige is a light yellow, relaxed at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #cbcbb5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbcbb5

RGB203, 203, 181

HSL60, 17%, 75%

HSV60, 11%, 80%

CMYK0%, 0%, 11%, 20%

Lab81.15, -3.81, 10.98

XYZ54.33, 58.74, 52.19

Decimal13355957

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5655 C

Shades of beige

#bcbca0 #aeae8b #9f9f77 #8f8f64 #7a7a56 #656547 #505038 #3b3b2a #27271b #12120d

Tints of beige

#cfcfbb #d4d4c2 #d8d8c8 #ddddce #e1e1d5 #e6e6db #eaeae1 #efefe8 #f3f3ee #f8f8f5

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#b5b5cb Analogous#cbc0b5 Analogous#c0cbb5 Triadic#b5cbcb Triadic#cbb5cb Split complementary#b5c0cb Split complementary#c0b5cb

Beige 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, 0, 11, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbcbb5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 11 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 14 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Beige in css

Copy #cbcbb5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbcbb5; }
.text { color: #cbcbb5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbcbb5; }

How beige looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Beige and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cbcbb5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbcbb5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Beige on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cbcbb5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around beige? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn beige into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cbcbb5 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 beige, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cbcbb5 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.