Tan

#cdc092

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

Tan falls in the yellow band, mid and soft. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #cdc092, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc092

RGB205, 192, 146

HSL47, 37%, 69%

HSV47, 29%, 80%

CMYK0%, 6%, 29%, 20%

Lab77.73, -2.5, 24.88

XYZ49.21, 52.75, 34.78

Decimal13484178

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4525 C

Shades of tan

#c3b37c #b9a766 #af9a50 #998746 #83733c #6d6032 #574d28 #41391e #2b2614 #15120a

Tints of tan

#d1c69c #d6cba5 #dad1af #dfd6b9 #e3dcc2 #e8e2cc #ece7d6 #f1eddf #f5f2e9 #f9f8f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#929fcd Analogous#cda392 Analogous#bdcd92 Triadic#92cdc0 Triadic#c092cd Split complementary#92bdcd Split complementary#a292cd

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, 6, 29, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc092 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 29 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 31 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 #cdc092 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc092; }
.text { color: #cdc092; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc092; }

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 #cdc092 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc092 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 #cdc092 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 #cdc092 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 #cdc092 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.