Beige

#e2e5cc

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 #e2e5cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2e5cc

RGB226, 229, 204

HSL67, 32%, 85%

HSV67, 11%, 90%

CMYK1%, 0%, 11%, 10%

Lab90.12, -5.28, 11.85

XYZ70.28, 76.57, 68.2

Decimal14869964

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5807 C

Shades of beige

#d3d7b1 #c4ca97 #b5bc7c #a5af61 #909a4e #777f41 #5e6433 #454a26 #2c2f18 #13140a

Tints of beige

#e4e7d0 #e6e9d4 #e9ebd8 #ebeddc #edefe0 #eff1e4 #f2f3e7 #f4f5eb #f6f7ef #f8f9f3

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#cfcce5 Analogous#e5dccc Analogous#d6e5cc Triadic#cce2e5 Triadic#e5cce2 Split complementary#ccd6e5 Split complementary#dccce5

Beige in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 11, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2e5cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 11 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 14 16

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 #e2e5cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2e5cc; }
.text { color: #e2e5cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2e5cc; }

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 #e2e5cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2e5cc 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 #e2e5cc 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 #e2e5cc 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 #e2e5cc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.