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DESIGN6 min read· Jun 22, 2026

The Ultimate Guide to Beige Color Codes, Hex Codes, and Shades of Beige

Beige is the color of warmth, neutrality, and understated elegance — it anchors interiors, fashion, beauty, and minimalist packaging, and it has become the defining neutral of the modern aesthetic. Whether you are a web designer matching co-brand assets, an e-commerce manager building variant listings, or a developer wiring up a design system, color codes are your shared language. In this guide we break down the hex codes, RGB coordinates, and LAB parameters for the most popular shades of beige, with practical tips on recoloring assets into these exact tones without quality loss.

The Ultimate Guide to Beige Color Codes, Hex Codes, and Shades of Beige

The core beiges and their codes

  • Pure beige — #F5F5DC · RGB(245, 245, 220) · HSL(60°, 56%, 91%) — the classic web beige.
  • Sand — #C2B280 · RGB(194, 178, 128) · a warm, earthy beige.
  • Taupe — #B38B6D · RGB(179, 139, 109) · a gray-brown beige, sophisticated and muted.
  • Ecru — #C2B280 · RGB(194, 178, 128) · a soft, natural off-white beige.
  • Nude — #E3BC9A · RGB(227, 188, 154) · a warm, skin-toned beige popular in fashion.
  • Khaki — #C3B091 · RGB(195, 176, 145) · a muted, greenish beige.

Why hex alone isn't enough for recoloring

A hex code defines a target color, but it says nothing about lightness. Beige is a pale, low-chroma neutral, so a flat RGB swap tends to wash a product into a flat card — the subtle shadows that define folds and form disappear.

This is why perceptually-uniform spaces matter. LAB separates lightness (the L channel — folds, highlights, shadows) from the color itself (A and B). Recoloring in LAB lets you hit an exact beige hex while every shadow and texture detail of the original survives, so the product keeps its shape.

Matching brand beiges across assets

Beige is all about undertone — pink, yellow, or gray — and a mismatched undertone across product photos and packaging is the fastest way to make a "neutral" brand look careless. Define each brand beige once — with a name, a hex, and a use case — and recolor every asset to that exact value rather than eyeballing it.

With Recolorify you can paste an exact beige hex and recolor a logo, product photo, or garment to match it precisely, keeping texture intact. See also our guides to brown color codes and white color codes.