Beige

#f4f0db

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

Beige falls in the yellow band, pale and soft. 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 #f4f0db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4f0db

RGB244, 240, 219

HSL50, 53%, 91%

HSV50, 10%, 96%

CMYK0%, 2%, 10%, 4%

Lab94.6, -2.17, 10.62

XYZ81.25, 86.67, 79.46

Decimal16052443

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of beige

#eae2ba #e0d499 #d6c778 #ccb957 #bda83a #9c8b30 #7b6d26 #5a501b #393211 #171507

Tints of beige

#f5f1dd #f5f2df #f6f3e2 #f7f4e4 #f7f5e6 #f8f6e8 #f9f7eb #f9f7ed #faf8ef #fbf9f1

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#dbdff4 Analogous#f4e3db Analogous#ecf4db Triadic#dbf4f0 Triadic#f0dbf4 Split complementary#dbecf4 Split complementary#e3dbf4

Beige in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 10, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4f0db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 10 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 13 10

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Beige in css

Copy #f4f0db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4f0db; }
.text { color: #f4f0db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4f0db; }

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 #f4f0db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4f0db against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Beige on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f4f0db 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn beige into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f4f0db 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 #f4f0db are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.