Brown

#948a5a

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

Brown falls in the yellow band, mid and muted. A yellow this strong grabs attention fast, good for warnings and energy brands. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #948a5a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#948a5a

RGB148, 138, 90

HSL50, 24%, 47%

HSV50, 39%, 58%

CMYK0%, 7%, 39%, 42%

Lab57.28, -3.63, 27.06

XYZ23.15, 25.21, 13.32

Decimal9734746

Web safe#999966

Pantone4505 C

Shades of brown

#877e52 #7a724a #6d6642 #605a3b #544e33 #47422b #3a3623 #2d2a1b #201e13 #13120c

Tints of brown

#a29766 #aba275 #b5ad85 #bfb795 #c8c2a5 #d2cdb5 #dbd7c4 #e5e2d4 #efede4 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#5a6494 Analogous#946d5a Analogous#81945a Triadic#5a948a Triadic#8a5a94 Split complementary#5a8194 Split complementary#6d5a94

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 39, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #948a5a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 39 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 40 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 #948a5a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #948a5a; }
.text { color: #948a5a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #948a5a; }

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 #948a5a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #948a5a 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 #948a5a 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 #948a5a 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

Every value on this page for #948a5a is computed, not guessed. 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.