Brown

#867f66

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

Brown is a mid yellow, confident at this saturation. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #867f66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#867f66

RGB134, 127, 102

HSL47, 14%, 46%

HSV47, 24%, 53%

CMYK0%, 5%, 24%, 47%

Lab53.17, -1.67, 14.57

XYZ19.82, 21.21, 15.62

Decimal8814438

Web safe#996666

Pantone416 C

Shades of brown

#7a745d #6f6954 #635e4b #575342 #4c483a #403d31 #343228 #29271f #1d1c16 #11100d

Tints of brown

#948c72 #9f9881 #aaa48f #b5b09e #c0bcac #cbc7bb #d6d3c9 #e1dfd8 #ecebe6 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#666d86 Analogous#866f66 Analogous#7d8666 Triadic#66867f Triadic#7f6686 Split complementary#667d86 Split complementary#6f6686

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, 5, 24, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #867f66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 24 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 26 53

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #867f66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #867f66; }
.text { color: #867f66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #867f66; }

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 #867f66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #867f66 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #867f66 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #867f66 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 #867f66 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.