Tan

#e1bb9f

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 #e1bb9f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1bb9f

RGB225, 187, 159

HSL25, 52%, 75%

HSV25, 29%, 88%

CMYK0%, 17%, 29%, 12%

Lab78.49, 9.57, 19.28

XYZ55.08, 54.05, 40.33

Decimal14793631

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4665 C

Shades of tan

#d9a884 #d09569 #c8824e #b9703a #9e5f31 #834f29 #683f21 #4d2f18 #321e10 #170e07

Tints of tan

#e4c1a7 #e6c7af #e9cdb8 #ebd2c0 #eed8c8 #f0ded0 #f3e4d9 #f6eae1 #f8f0e9 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#9fc5e1 Analogous#e19fa4 Analogous#e1dc9f Triadic#9fe1bb Triadic#bb9fe1 Split complementary#9fe1dc Split complementary#9fa4e1

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, 17, 29, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1bb9f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 29 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 31 18

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 #e1bb9f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1bb9f; }
.text { color: #e1bb9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1bb9f; }

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 #e1bb9f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1bb9f 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 #e1bb9f 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 #e1bb9f 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 #e1bb9f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.