Brown

#937a58

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 35 degrees. 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 #937a58, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#937a58

RGB147, 122, 88

HSL35, 25%, 46%

HSV35, 40%, 58%

CMYK0%, 17%, 40%, 42%

Lab52.76, 4.71, 22.24

XYZ20.75, 20.83, 12.16

Decimal9665112

Web safe#996666

Pantone404 C

Shades of brown

#866f50 #796549 #6d5a41 #605039 #534532 #463a2a #393022 #2d251b #201a13 #13100b

Tints of brown

#a28763 #ab9373 #b5a083 #bfac93 #c8b9a3 #d2c5b3 #dbd1c4 #e5ded4 #efeae4 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#587193 Analogous#935d58 Analogous#8f9358 Triadic#58937a Triadic#7a5893 Split complementary#588f93 Split complementary#5c5893

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, 17, 40, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #937a58 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 40 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 41 48

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 #937a58 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #937a58; }
.text { color: #937a58; }
.border { border: 2px solid #937a58; }

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 #937a58 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #937a58 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 #937a58 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 #937a58 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 #937a58 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.