Brown

#856964

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

Brown lands in the red band, mid and muted. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #856964, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#856964

RGB133, 105, 100

HSL9, 14%, 46%

HSV9, 25%, 52%

CMYK0%, 21%, 25%, 48%

Lab46.99, 10.35, 7.06

XYZ17.02, 16.01, 14.25

Decimal8743268

Web safe#996666

Pantone437 C

Shades of brown

#79605b #6e5753 #624e4a #574541 #4b3b39 #403230 #342927 #29201f #1d1716 #110e0d

Tints of brown

#937570 #9e837e #a9928d #b5a09c #c0aeab #cbbcba #d6cac8 #e1d9d7 #ece7e6 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#648085 Analogous#856470 Analogous#857a64 Triadic#648569 Triadic#696485 Split complementary#64857a Split complementary#646f85

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, 21, 25, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #856964 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 25 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 27 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 #856964 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #856964; }
.text { color: #856964; }
.border { border: 2px solid #856964; }

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 #856964 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #856964 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 #856964 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 #856964 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 #856964 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.