Beige

#d0cdb2

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

Beige falls in the yellow band, light and muted. 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 #d0cdb2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d0cdb2

RGB208, 205, 178

HSL54, 24%, 76%

HSV54, 14%, 82%

CMYK0%, 1%, 14%, 18%

Lab81.99, -3.52, 13.83

XYZ55.88, 60.29, 50.81

Decimal13684146

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5803 C

Shades of beige

#c3bf9c #b5b086 #a8a270 #97925c #817c4f #6b6741 #555234 #3f3d27 #292719 #13120c

Tints of beige

#d4d1b9 #d8d6bf #dcdac6 #e0decc #e4e2d3 #e8e7da #ecebe0 #f0efe7 #f4f4ed #f8f8f4

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#b2b5d0 Analogous#d0beb2 Analogous#c4d0b2 Triadic#b2d0cd Triadic#cdb2d0 Split complementary#b2c4d0 Split complementary#beb2d0

Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 14, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d0cdb2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 14 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 17 24

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 #d0cdb2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d0cdb2; }
.text { color: #d0cdb2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d0cdb2; }

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 #d0cdb2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d0cdb2 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 #d0cdb2 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 #d0cdb2 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 #d0cdb2 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.