Brown

#88886f

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

This is Brown, a grey yellow at 60 degrees. 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 #88886f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88886f

RGB136, 136, 111

HSL60, 10%, 48%

HSV60, 18%, 53%

CMYK0%, 0%, 18%, 47%

Lab56.08, -4.49, 13.46

XYZ21.83, 23.99, 18.52

Decimal8947823

Web safe#999966

Pantone416 C

Shades of brown

#7c7c65 #70705c #646452 #585848 #4c4c3e #414135 #35352b #292921 #1d1d17 #11110e

Tints of brown

#94947c #9f9f89 #aaaa97 #b5b5a4 #c0c0b2 #cbcbbf #d6d6cd #e1e1da #ecece8 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#6f6f88 Analogous#887c6f Analogous#7c886f Triadic#6f8888 Triadic#886f88 Split complementary#6f7b88 Split complementary#7b6f88

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, 0, 18, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88886f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 18 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 21 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #88886f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88886f; }
.text { color: #88886f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88886f; }

How brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #88886f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88886f 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 #88886f 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 #88886f 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 #88886f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.