Beige

**Beige** is a very pale brown color.

The name comes from _beige cloth_, a woolen fabric left in its natural color. It then came to be used for a range of light tints of yellow chosen for their neutral or pale warm colored appearance.

In the 1920s, the meaning of the term _beige_ expanded to the point where it is now also used for not only for pale yellows but also for a wide range of pale brown shades.

The first recorded use of _beige_ as a color name in English was in 1887.

The color beige means  neutral, calm, and relaxing.

## Meaning of beige

- Since many computers are colored beige (an ordinary non-remarkable computer is sometimes called a _beige box_), and since most people who are employed nowadays use computers, the color beige has come to represent the world of work.

## Tones of beige color comparison chart

|style = "background-color: #ffffe0;;"|Yellow Mist (web color Light Yellow) (Hex: #FFFFE0) (RGB: 255, 255, 224)|
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|style="background-color: #fff8e7;;"|Cosmic Latte (Hex: #FFF8E7) (RGB: 255, 248, 231)|
|style="background-color: #fdf5dc;;"|Old Lace (web color) (Hex: #FDF5E6) (RGB: 253, 245, 230)|
|style = "background-color: #faf0e6;;"|Linen (web color) (Hex: #FAF0E6) (RGB: 250, 240, 230)|
|style = "background-color: #faebd7;"|Antique White (web color) (Hex: #FAEBD7) (RGB: 250, 235, 215)|
|style = "background-color: #ffebcd;;"|Blanched Almond (web color) (Hex: #FFEBCD) (RGB: 255, 235, 205)|
|style = "background-color: #fafad2;;"|Light Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #FAFAD2) (RGB: 250, 250, 210)|
|style = "background-color: #fffacd;;"|Lemon Chiffon (web color) (Lemon Cream) (Hex: #FFFACD) (RGB: 255, 250, 205)|
|style = "background-color: #fff8dc;;"|Cornsilk (web color) (Hex: #FFF8DC) (RGB: 255, 248, 220)|
|style = "background-color: #f5f5dc;;"|BEIGE (web color) (Hex: #F5F5DC) (RGB: 245, 245, 220)|
|style = "background-color: #fffdd0;"|Cream (Hex: #FFFDD0) (RGB: 255, 253, 208)|
|style = "background-color: #ffefd5;;"|Papaya Whip (web color) (Hex: #FFEFD5) (RGB: 255, 239, 213)|
|style = "background-color: #f7e7ce;;"|Champagne (Hex: #F7E7CE) (RGB: 247, 231, 206)|
|style = "background-color: #fbe7b2;;"|Banana Mania (Crayola) (Hex: #FBE7B2) (RGB: 251, 231, 128)|
|style = "background-color: #ffe4b5;;"|Moccasin (web color) (Hex: #FFE4B5) (RGB: 255, 228, 182)|
|style = "background-color: #fadfad;;"|Peach-Yellow (Hex: #FADFAD) (RGB: 250, 223, 173)|
|style = "background-color: #f5deb3;;"|Wheat (web color) (Hex: #F5DEB3) (RGB: 245, 222, 179)|
|style = "background-color: #ffe4c4;"|Bisque (web color) (Hex: #FFE4C4) (RGB: 255, 228, 196)|
|style = "background-color: #ffddca;;"|Unbleached Silk (Japanese traditional colors) (Hex: #FFDDCA) (RGB: 255, 221, 202)|
|style = "background-color: #ffdead;;"|Navajo White (web color) (Hex: #FFDEAD) (RGB: 255, 222, 173)|
|style="background-color: #f0e68c;;"|Light Khaki (X11: Khaki) (Hex: #F0E68C) (RGB: 240, 230, 140)|
|style = "background-color: #f3e5ab;;"|Medium Champagne (Hex: #F3E5AB) (RGB: 243, 229, 171)|
|style = "background-color: #eee8aa;;"|Pale Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #EEE8AA) (RGB: 238, 232, 170)|
|style = "background-color: #ffff99;;"|Pale Canary Yellow (Crayola Canary) (Hex: #FFFF99) (RGB: 255, 255, 153)|
|style = "background-color: #f0dc82;;"|Buff (Hex: #F0DC82) (RGB: 240, 220, 130)|
|style = "background-color: #eedc82;;"|Flax (Hex: #EEDC82) (RGB: 238, 220, 130)|
|style = "background-color: #fad6a5;;"|Deep Champagne (Hex: #FAD6A5) (RGB: 250, 214, 165)|
|style="background-color: #edc9af;;"|Desert Sand (Crayola) (Hex: #EFCDB8) (RGB: 239, 205, 184)|
|style="background-color: #ebc2af;;"|Zinnwaldite (Hex: #EBC2AF) (RGB: 235, 194, 175)|
|style="background-color: #cdb891;;"|Ecru (Hex: #CDB891) (RGB: 205, 184, 145)|
|style="background-color: #d2b48c;;"|Tan (Hex: #D2B48C) (RGB: 210, 180, 140)|
|style="background-color: #c3b091;;"|Khaki (HTML/CSS) (Hex: #C3B091) (RGB: 195, 176, 145)|
|style="background-color: #bdb76b;;"|Dark Khaki (X11 "Dark Khaki") (Hex: #BDB76B) (RGB: 189, 183, 107)|
|style = "background-color: #c2b280;;"|Dark Champagne (Hex: #C2B280) (RGB: 194, 178, 128)|
|style="background-color: #918151;;"|Dark Tan (Hex: #918151) (RGB: 145, 129, 81)|
|style="background-color: #a67b5b; color:#ffffff;"|French Beige (Hex: #A67B5B) (RGB: 166, 123, 91)|
|style="background-color: #987654; color:#ffffff;"|Pale Brown (Hex: #987654) (RGB: 152, 118, 54)|
|style="background-color: #967117; color:#ffffff;"|Mode Beige (Drab) (Sand Dune) (Sandy Taupe) (Hex: #967117) (RGB: 150, 113, 23)|

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