Tan

#bca78d

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

This is Tan, a muted orange at 33 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #bca78d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bca78d

RGB188, 167, 141

HSL33, 26%, 65%

HSV33, 25%, 74%

CMYK0%, 11%, 25%, 26%

Lab69.65, 3.53, 16.25

XYZ39.37, 40.25, 30.89

Decimal12363661

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone402 C

Shades of tan

#b1987a #a68a67 #977b59 #846c4e #715c43 #5e4d38 #4c3e2c #392e21 #261f16 #13100b

Tints of tan

#c2af97 #c8b7a2 #cebfac #d4c7b6 #dacfc0 #e0d7cb #e6dfd5 #ece6df #f2eee9 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8da2bc Analogous#bc908d Analogous#babc8d Triadic#8dbca7 Triadic#a78dbc Split complementary#8dbabc Split complementary#8f8dbc

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, 11, 25, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bca78d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 25 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 27 32

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 #bca78d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bca78d; }
.text { color: #bca78d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bca78d; }

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 #bca78d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bca78d 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 #bca78d 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 #bca78d 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 #bca78d 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. 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.