Brown

#877c68

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

Brown is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #877c68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#877c68

RGB135, 124, 104

HSL39, 13%, 47%

HSV39, 23%, 53%

CMYK0%, 8%, 23%, 47%

Lab52.47, 0.76, 12.45

XYZ19.7, 20.57, 16.03

Decimal8879208

Web safe#996666

Pantone404 C

Shades of brown

#7b715f #6f6656 #645c4d #585144 #4c463b #403b32 #353029 #29261f #1d1b16 #11100d

Tints of brown

#948974 #9f9583 #aaa191 #b5ad9f #c0baad #cbc6bc #d6d2ca #e1ded8 #eceae7 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#687387 Analogous#876c68 Analogous#838768 Triadic#68877c Triadic#7c6887 Split complementary#688387 Split complementary#6d6887

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 23, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #877c68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 23 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 25 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 #877c68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #877c68; }
.text { color: #877c68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877c68; }

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 #877c68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #877c68 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 #877c68 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 #877c68 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #877c68 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.