Brown

#94635c

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

Brown is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #94635c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#94635c

RGB148, 99, 92

HSL8, 23%, 47%

HSV8, 38%, 58%

CMYK0%, 33%, 38%, 42%

Lab46.96, 18.92, 12.06

XYZ18.61, 15.99, 12.23

Decimal9724764

Web safe#996666

Pantone4995 C

Shades of brown

#875a54 #7a524c #6d4944 #60403c #533834 #472f2c #3a2724 #2d1e1c #201514 #130d0c

Tints of brown

#a16f68 #ab7e78 #b48d87 #be9c97 #c8aaa6 #d1b9b6 #dbc8c5 #e5d7d5 #eee6e4 #f8f5f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#5c8d94 Analogous#945c71 Analogous#947f5c Triadic#5c9463 Triadic#635c94 Split complementary#5c947f Split complementary#5c7194

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, 33, 38, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #94635c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 38 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 39 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 #94635c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #94635c; }
.text { color: #94635c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94635c; }

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 #94635c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #94635c 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 #94635c 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 #94635c 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 #94635c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.