Beige

#f4f4e2

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

Beige falls in the yellow band, pale and soft. 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 #f4f4e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4f4e2

RGB244, 244, 226

HSL60, 45%, 92%

HSV60, 7%, 96%

CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 4%

Lab95.76, -3.06, 8.66

XYZ83.39, 89.43, 84.82

Decimal16053474

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone621 C

Shades of beige

#e8e8c2 #dcdca2 #d0d082 #c4c463 #b5b545 #969639 #76762d #565621 #363614 #161608

Tints of beige

#f5f5e4 #f5f5e5 #f6f6e7 #f6f6e8 #f7f7ea #f8f8ec #f8f8ed #f9f9ef #f9f9f0 #fafaf2

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#e2e2f4 Analogous#f4ebe2 Analogous#ebf4e2 Triadic#e2f4f4 Triadic#f4e2f4 Split complementary#e2ebf4 Split complementary#ebe2f4

Beige in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 7, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4f4e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 7 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 10 10

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 #f4f4e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4f4e2; }
.text { color: #f4f4e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4f4e2; }

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 #f4f4e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4f4e2 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 #f4f4e2 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 #f4f4e2 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 #f4f4e2 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.