Tan

#ddc8ab

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

This is Tan, a soft orange at 35 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #ddc8ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddc8ab

RGB221, 200, 171

HSL35, 42%, 77%

HSV35, 23%, 87%

CMYK0%, 10%, 23%, 13%

Lab81.63, 2.84, 17.19

XYZ57.82, 59.62, 46.99

Decimal14534827

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone726 C

Shades of tan

#d3b791 #c8a678 #be955e #b08447 #96713d #7d5e32 #634a28 #49371e #302413 #161009

Tints of tan

#e3d1b9 #e9dbc8 #eee4d6 #f4ede4 #faf7f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#abc0dd Analogous#ddafab Analogous#d9ddab Triadic#abddc8 Triadic#c8abdd Split complementary#abd9dd Split complementary#afabdd

Tan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 23, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddc8ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 23 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 25 19

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 #ddc8ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddc8ab; }
.text { color: #ddc8ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddc8ab; }

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 #ddc8ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddc8ab 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 #ddc8ab 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 #ddc8ab 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 #ddc8ab 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.