Beige

#e2dec3

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

This is Beige, a soft yellow at 52 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #e2dec3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2dec3

RGB226, 222, 195

HSL52, 35%, 83%

HSV52, 14%, 89%

CMYK0%, 2%, 14%, 11%

Lab88.14, -3.14, 13.74

XYZ67.34, 72.35, 62.05

Decimal14868163

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5807 C

Shades of beige

#d5d0a9 #c9c18e #bcb374 #afa45a #988e4a #7e763d #645d30 #494423 #2f2c17 #15130a

Tints of beige

#e7e3cd #ebe9d6 #f0eee0 #f5f3e9 #f9f8f3

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#c3c7e2 Analogous#e2cec3 Analogous#d7e2c3 Triadic#c3e2de Triadic#dec3e2 Split complementary#c3d7e2 Split complementary#cec3e2

Beige in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 14, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2dec3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 14 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 17 17

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.

Beige in css

Copy #e2dec3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2dec3; }
.text { color: #e2dec3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2dec3; }

How beige looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Beige and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e2dec3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2dec3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Beige on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e2dec3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around beige? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn beige into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e2dec3 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 beige, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e2dec3 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.