Brown

#847f6f

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for brown, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Brown falls in the yellow band, mid and grey. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #847f6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#847f6f

RGB132, 127, 111

HSL46, 9%, 48%

HSV46, 16%, 52%

CMYK0%, 4%, 16%, 48%

Lab53.2, -1.02, 9.38

XYZ19.97, 21.23, 18.08

Decimal8683375

Web safe#996666

Pantone424 C

Shades of brown

#787465 #6d695c #615e52 #565348 #4a473e #3f3c35 #33312b #282621 #1c1b18 #11100e

Tints of brown

#908b7b #9c9789 #a7a397 #b3afa4 #bebbb2 #c9c7bf #d5d3cd #e0dfda #ebebe8 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#6f7484 Analogous#84746f Analogous#7f846f Triadic#6f847f Triadic#7f6f84 Split complementary#6f7f84 Split complementary#746f84

Brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 16, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #847f6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 16 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 19 54

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #847f6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #847f6f; }
.text { color: #847f6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #847f6f; }

How brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #847f6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #847f6f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #847f6f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #847f6f 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 brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #847f6f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.