Tan

#d9af8a

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

This is Tan, a soft orange at 28 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.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #d9af8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9af8a

RGB217, 175, 138

HSL28, 51%, 70%

HSV28, 36%, 85%

CMYK0%, 19%, 36%, 15%

Lab74.35, 10.21, 24.76

XYZ48.53, 47.25, 30.61

Decimal14266250

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4665 C

Shades of tan

#d19e72 #c98e59 #c17d41 #aa6d37 #925d2f #794e27 #613e1f #482e17 #301f0f #170f08

Tints of tan

#dcb694 #e0bd9f #e3c4a9 #e6cbb3 #ead2be #edd9c8 #f1e1d2 #f4e8dd #f7efe7 #fbf6f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8ab4d9 Analogous#d98a8c Analogous#d9d78a Triadic#8ad9af Triadic#af8ad9 Split complementary#8ad9d7 Split complementary#8a8cd9

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, 19, 36, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9af8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 36 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 37 21

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.

Tan in css

Copy #d9af8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9af8a; }
.text { color: #d9af8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9af8a; }

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 #d9af8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9af8a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d9af8a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d9af8a 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 #d9af8a 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.