Beige

#ced1ba

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

This is Beige, a muted yellow at 68 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #ced1ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ced1ba

RGB206, 209, 186

HSL68, 20%, 77%

HSV68, 11%, 82%

CMYK1%, 0%, 11%, 18%

Lab83.06, -5.03, 11.06

XYZ57.12, 62.27, 55.46

Decimal13554106

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5655 C

Shades of beige

#bec2a4 #afb48e #9fa578 #8f9664 #7a8055 #656a47 #505438 #3b3e29 #26281b #12120c

Tints of beige

#d6d9c6 #dfe1d1 #e3e4d7 #ebece3 #f3f4ee

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#bdbad1 Analogous#d1c8ba Analogous#c3d1ba Triadic#baced1 Triadic#d1bace Split complementary#bac3d1 Split complementary#c8bad1

Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 11, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ced1ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 11 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 14 24

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.

Beige in css

Copy #ced1ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ced1ba; }
.text { color: #ced1ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ced1ba; }

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 #ced1ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ced1ba against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Beige on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ced1ba 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn beige into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ced1ba 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

The figures for #ced1ba come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.