Brown

#897a67

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

This is Brown, a muted orange at 34 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #897a67, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#897a67

RGB137, 122, 103

HSL34, 14%, 47%

HSV34, 25%, 54%

CMYK0%, 11%, 25%, 46%

Lab52.08, 2.57, 12.52

XYZ19.72, 20.22, 15.69

Decimal9009767

Web safe#996666

Pantone404 C

Shades of brown

#7d6f5e #716555 #655a4c #594f43 #4d453a #413a31 #352f28 #29251f #1d1a16 #11100d

Tints of brown

#968773 #a19382 #ac9f90 #b6ac9e #c1b8ad #ccc5bb #d7d1ca #e2ddd8 #edeae6 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with brown

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Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 25, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #897a67 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 25 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 27 52

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 #897a67 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #897a67; }
.text { color: #897a67; }
.border { border: 2px solid #897a67; }

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 #897a67 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #897a67 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 #897a67 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 #897a67 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 #897a67 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.