Tan

Tan is the quiet neutral of the brown family: warm backgrounds that never go cold-gray. It flatters photography and food, and disappears politely behind content.

warm backgroundsphotography sitesfood blogs

Values in every format

HEX: #d2b48c
RGB: rgb(210, 180, 140)
HSL: hsl(34, 44%, 69%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.786 0.064 74.6)
CMYK: cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 33.3%, 17.6%)

Hue family: Orange · closest CSS name: tan. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #D2B48C itself.

50#fff6ea
100#faebd7
200#efdbc1
300#e0c8a8
400 ★#d2b48c
500#b1946d
600#997c54
700#7f643e
800#664e2c
900#4f3a1d
950#32230b

Build a full system from #D2B48C

Harmonies with tan

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#d2b48c #8caad2

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#d2918c #d2b48c #cdd28c

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#d2b48c #8cd2b4 #b48cd2

Measured contrast

on white1.97:1 · fails AA

on black10.65:1 · AA normal ✓

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