Beige

#dfdcc9

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

This is Beige, a muted yellow at 52 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #dfdcc9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfdcc9

RGB223, 220, 201

HSL52, 26%, 83%

HSV52, 10%, 87%

CMYK0%, 1%, 10%, 13%

Lab87.53, -2.22, 9.69

XYZ66.57, 71.09, 65.47

Decimal14671049

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5665 C

Shades of beige

#d0ccb0 #c2bc98 #b3ac7f #a49c66 #8f8755 #766f46 #5d5837 #454129 #2c291a #13120b

Tints of beige

#e2dfcd #e4e2d2 #e7e4d6 #e9e7da #eceade #eeede3 #f1efe7 #f3f2eb #f6f5f0 #f8f8f4

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#c9ccdf Analogous#dfd1c9 Analogous#d7dfc9 Triadic#c9dfdc Triadic#dcc9df Split complementary#c9d7df Split complementary#d1c9df

Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 10, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfdcc9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 10 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 13 19

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 #dfdcc9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfdcc9; }
.text { color: #dfdcc9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfdcc9; }

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 #dfdcc9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfdcc9 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 #dfdcc9 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 #dfdcc9 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 #dfdcc9 is computed, not guessed. 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.