Tan

#dfb094

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

Tan sits in the orange range, light and soft. 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 #dfb094, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfb094

RGB223, 176, 148

HSL22, 54%, 73%

HSV22, 34%, 87%

CMYK0%, 21%, 34%, 13%

Lab75.37, 13.24, 20.87

XYZ51.3, 48.88, 34.75

Decimal14659732

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4665 C

Shades of tan

#d79d7a #cf8960 #c77645 #b56536 #9b572e #804826 #66391f #4c2b17 #321c0f #180d07

Tints of tan

#e2b79d #e5bea7 #e7c5b0 #eaccb9 #edd2c3 #f0d9cc #f3e0d5 #f5e7df #f8eee8 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#94c3df Analogous#df949e Analogous#dfd594 Triadic#94dfb0 Triadic#b094df Split complementary#94dfd5 Split complementary#949edf

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 34, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfb094 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 34 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 35 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 #dfb094 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfb094; }
.text { color: #dfb094; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfb094; }

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 #dfb094 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfb094 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 #dfb094 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 #dfb094 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 #dfb094 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.