Tan color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around tan. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Tan is #D2B48C — light muted orange. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and tan color palettes to copy.

Tan hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#D2B48C
HEX
#D2B48C
RGB
rgb(210, 180, 140)
HSL
hsl(34, 44%, 69%)
OKLCH
oklch(78.6% 0.064 74.6)
On white
1.97:1
On black
10.65:1

Shades of tan

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Tan on white measures 1.97:1 and on black 10.65:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.31:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:taupe, brown, sand, tuscan, clay, umber. See every shade on the colors index.