Bisque

#e5ceb2

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

This is Bisque, a soft orange at 33 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.

Bisque color values

Every conversion for #e5ceb2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5ceb2

RGB229, 206, 178

HSL33, 50%, 80%

HSV33, 22%, 90%

CMYK0%, 10%, 22%, 10%

Lab83.97, 3.69, 16.86

XYZ62.42, 64.01, 51.19

Decimal15060658

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone726 C

Shades of bisque

#dbbc96 #d2aa7a #c8985e #bf8641 #a47337 #875f2e #6b4b24 #4f381b #332411 #171008

Tints of bisque

#e9d6bf #eedecb #f2e6d8 #f4eadf #f8f2eb #faf7f2

Colors that go with bisque

Complementary#b2c9e5 Analogous#e5b5b2 Analogous#e3e5b2 Triadic#b2e5ce Triadic#ceb2e5 Split complementary#b2e2e5 Split complementary#b5b2e5

Bisque in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 22, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5ceb2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 22 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 24 16

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.

Bisque in css

Copy #e5ceb2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5ceb2; }
.text { color: #e5ceb2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5ceb2; }

How bisque looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Bisque and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e5ceb2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5ceb2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Bisque on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e5ceb2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn bisque into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e5ceb2 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 bisque, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #e5ceb2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.