Beige

#e2e1c8

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

Beige falls in the yellow band, light and soft. 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 #e2e1c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2e1c8

RGB226, 225, 200

HSL58, 31%, 84%

HSV58, 12%, 89%

CMYK0%, 0%, 12%, 11%

Lab89.01, -3.88, 12.36

XYZ68.71, 74.19, 65.34

Decimal14868936

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5807 C

Shades of beige

#d4d3ae #c7c594 #b9b77a #aba960 #95934f #7c7941 #626034 #484726 #2e2d18 #14140b

Tints of beige

#e4e3cc #e7e6d1 #e9e8d5 #ebead9 #ededde #f0efe2 #f2f2e6 #f4f4eb #f7f6ef #f9f9f3

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#c8c9e2 Analogous#e2d4c8 Analogous#d6e2c8 Triadic#c8e2e1 Triadic#e1c8e2 Split complementary#c8d6e2 Split complementary#d4c8e2

Beige in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 12, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2e1c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 12 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 15 17

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 #e2e1c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2e1c8; }
.text { color: #e2e1c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2e1c8; }

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 #e2e1c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2e1c8 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 #e2e1c8 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 #e2e1c8 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

Here is how the numbers for #e2e1c8 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.