Beige

#dcd7bc

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

Beige is a light yellow, soft 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 #dcd7bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd7bc

RGB220, 215, 188

HSL51, 31%, 80%

HSV51, 15%, 86%

CMYK0%, 2%, 15%, 14%

Lab85.73, -2.79, 13.94

XYZ62.89, 67.45, 57.28

Decimal14473148

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5803 C

Shades of beige

#cfc8a3 #c2b98a #b5ab72 #a89c59 #90854b #776e3e #5e5731 #464024 #2d2a17 #14130b

Tints of beige

#dfdac2 #e2dec7 #e5e1cd #e8e4d2 #eae8d8 #edebdd #f0eee3 #f3f1e8 #f6f5ee #f9f8f3

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#bcc1dc Analogous#dcc7bc Analogous#d1dcbc Triadic#bcdcd7 Triadic#d7bcdc Split complementary#bcd1dc Split complementary#c7bcdc

Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 15, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd7bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 15 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 18 20

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 #dcd7bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd7bc; }
.text { color: #dcd7bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd7bc; }

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 #dcd7bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd7bc 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 #dcd7bc 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 #dcd7bc 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

The figures for #dcd7bc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.