Tan

#cca072

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #cca072, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cca072

RGB204, 160, 114

HSL31, 47%, 62%

HSV31, 44%, 80%

CMYK0%, 22%, 44%, 20%

Lab68.89, 10.37, 30.17

XYZ40.51, 39.19, 21.35

Decimal13410418

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone728 C

Shades of tan

#c4925d #bd8448 #aa753e #956736 #80582e #6b4a27 #563b1f #412c17 #2c1e10 #160f08

Tints of tan

#d1a97f #d5b18c #daba98 #dfc2a5 #e3cbb2 #e8d4bf #ecdccc #f1e5d8 #f6eee5 #faf6f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#729ecc Analogous#cc7372 Analogous#cbcc72 Triadic#72cca0 Triadic#a072cc Split complementary#72cbcc Split complementary#7372cc

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, 22, 44, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cca072 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 44 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 44 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 #cca072 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cca072; }
.text { color: #cca072; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cca072; }

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 #cca072 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cca072 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 #cca072 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 #cca072 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 #cca072 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.