Tan

#cdac95

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

Tan is a mid orange with confident warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #cdac95, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdac95

RGB205, 172, 149

HSL25, 36%, 69%

HSV25, 27%, 80%

CMYK0%, 16%, 27%, 20%

Lab72.66, 8.55, 16.31

XYZ45.35, 44.65, 34.66

Decimal13479061

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4735 C

Shades of tan

#c39b7f #b88a69 #ae7853 #996948 #835a3e #6d4b33 #573c29 #412d1f #2b1d14 #150e0a

Tints of tan

#d1b39e #d6bba8 #dac2b1 #dfc9bb #e3d1c4 #e8d8cd #ecdfd7 #f0e7e0 #f5eee9 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#95b6cd Analogous#cd959a Analogous#cdc895 Triadic#95cdac Triadic#ac95cd Split complementary#95cdc8 Split complementary#959acd

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 27, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdac95 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 27 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 29 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.

Tan in css

Copy #cdac95 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdac95; }
.text { color: #cdac95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdac95; }

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 #cdac95 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdac95 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cdac95 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cdac95 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 #cdac95 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.