Tan

#deb79c

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

Tan is a light orange with soft warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #deb79c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#deb79c

RGB222, 183, 156

HSL25, 50%, 74%

HSV25, 30%, 87%

CMYK0%, 18%, 30%, 13%

Lab77.16, 10.15, 19.0

XYZ53.06, 51.8, 38.65

Decimal14595996

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4665 C

Shades of tan

#d5a482 #cd9168 #c47e4e #b36d3c #995d33 #7f4d2a #653d22 #4b2d19 #311e10 #170e08

Tints of tan

#e1bda5 #e4c3ad #e7cab6 #e9d0be #ecd6c7 #efdccf #f2e3d8 #f5e9e0 #f8efe9 #fbf5f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#9cc3de Analogous#de9ca2 Analogous#ded89c Triadic#9cdeb7 Triadic#b79cde Split complementary#9cded8 Split complementary#9ca2de

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 30, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #deb79c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 30 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 32 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 #deb79c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #deb79c; }
.text { color: #deb79c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #deb79c; }

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 #deb79c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #deb79c 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 #deb79c 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 #deb79c 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 #deb79c 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.