Beige

#f8f4e0

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 strong. 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 #f8f4e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8f4e0

RGB248, 244, 224

HSL50, 63%, 93%

HSV50, 10%, 97%

CMYK0%, 2%, 10%, 3%

Lab96.01, -2.01, 10.1

XYZ84.52, 90.04, 83.45

Decimal16315616

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone427 C

Shades of beige

#f0e7bc #e8da98 #e0ce74 #d7c150 #cdb32e #a99326 #85741e #615416 #3d350e #191606

Tints of beige

#f8f5e2 #f9f5e3 #f9f6e5 #f9f6e7 #faf7e8 #faf7ea #fbf8ec #fbf9ed #fbf9ef #fcfaf0

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#e0e4f8 Analogous#f8e8e0 Analogous#f0f8e0 Triadic#e0f8f4 Triadic#f4e0f8 Split complementary#e0f0f8 Split complementary#e8e0f8

Beige in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 10, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8f4e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 10 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 13 9

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 #f8f4e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8f4e0; }
.text { color: #f8f4e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8f4e0; }

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 #f8f4e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8f4e0 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 #f8f4e0 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 #f8f4e0 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 #f8f4e0 is computed, not guessed. 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.