Brown

#8f8359

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

This is Brown, a muted yellow at 47 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 #8f8359, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8f8359

RGB143, 131, 89

HSL47, 23%, 45%

HSV47, 38%, 56%

CMYK0%, 8%, 38%, 44%

Lab54.86, -1.97, 24.37

XYZ21.25, 22.79, 12.73

Decimal9405273

Web safe#999966

Pantone4505 C

Shades of brown

#837851 #766c4a #6a6142 #5d563a #514a32 #453f2b #383323 #2c281b #1f1d13 #13110c

Tints of brown

#9e9164 #a89d74 #b2a884 #bcb394 #c6bfa4 #d0cab4 #dad5c4 #e4e1d4 #eeece4 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#59658f Analogous#8f6859 Analogous#808f59 Triadic#598f83 Triadic#83598f Split complementary#59808f Split complementary#68598f

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, 8, 38, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8f8359 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 38 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 39 50

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 #8f8359 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8f8359; }
.text { color: #8f8359; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f8359; }

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 #8f8359 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8f8359 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 #8f8359 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 #8f8359 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

The figures for #8f8359 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.