Tan

#debd9c

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 30 degrees. 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 #debd9c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#debd9c

RGB222, 189, 156

HSL30, 50%, 74%

HSV30, 30%, 87%

CMYK0%, 15%, 30%, 13%

Lab78.65, 6.96, 21.06

XYZ54.32, 54.33, 39.08

Decimal14597532

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone727 C

Shades of tan

#d5ac82 #cd9a68 #c4894e #b3783c #996633 #7f552a #654322 #4b3219 #312110 #170f08

Tints of tan

#e1c3a5 #e4c8ad #e7ceb6 #e9d4be #ecdac7 #efdfcf #f2e5d8 #f5ebe0 #f8f0e9 #fbf6f2

Colors that go with tan

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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, 15, 30, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #debd9c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 30 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 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 #debd9c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #debd9c; }
.text { color: #debd9c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #debd9c; }

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 #debd9c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #debd9c 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 #debd9c 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 #debd9c 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 #debd9c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.