Tan

#cda68f

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 #cda68f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cda68f

RGB205, 166, 143

HSL22, 38%, 68%

HSV22, 30%, 80%

CMYK0%, 19%, 30%, 20%

Lab71.03, 10.98, 17.32

XYZ43.77, 42.23, 31.83

Decimal13477519

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4735 C

Shades of tan

#c39579 #b98363 #af724e #996444 #83553a #6d4731 #573927 #412a1d #2b1c13 #150e09

Tints of tan

#d1ae99 #d6b6a3 #dabead #dfc6b7 #e3cec1 #e8d6cb #ecddd5 #f1e5df #f5ede9 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8fb6cd Analogous#cd8f97 Analogous#cdc58f Triadic#8fcda6 Triadic#a68fcd Split complementary#8fcdc5 Split complementary#8f97cd

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 30, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cda68f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 30 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 32 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 #cda68f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cda68f; }
.text { color: #cda68f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cda68f; }

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 #cda68f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cda68f 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 #cda68f 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 #cda68f 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

The figures for #cda68f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.