Beige

#f5f6df

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

Beige is a pale yellow, airy at this saturation. 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 #f5f6df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5f6df

RGB245, 246, 223

HSL63, 56%, 92%

HSV63, 9%, 96%

CMYK0%, 0%, 9%, 4%

Lab96.27, -4.21, 10.95

XYZ83.93, 90.65, 82.89

Decimal16119519

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone621 C

Shades of beige

#eaecbd #e0e39b #d5d978 #cad056 #bdc337 #9ca12d #7b7f24 #595c1a #383a10 #171807

Tints of beige

#f6f7e1 #f6f7e3 #f7f8e4 #f7f8e6 #f8f9e8 #f8f9ea #f9faec #fafaed #fafbef #fbfbf1

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#e0dff6 Analogous#f6ecdf Analogous#eaf6df Triadic#dff5f6 Triadic#f6dff5 Split complementary#dfeaf6 Split complementary#ecdff6

Beige in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 9, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5f6df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 9 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 12 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 #f5f6df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5f6df; }
.text { color: #f5f6df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5f6df; }

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 #f5f6df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5f6df 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 #f5f6df 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 #f5f6df 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

Every value on this page for #f5f6df is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.