Brown

#9a7d51

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

Brown is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #9a7d51, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a7d51

RGB154, 125, 81

HSL36, 31%, 46%

HSV36, 47%, 60%

CMYK0%, 19%, 47%, 40%

Lab54.17, 5.23, 28.14

XYZ22.15, 22.13, 10.89

Decimal10124625

Web safe#996666

Pantone730 C

Shades of brown

#8d724a #7f6743 #725c3c #645235 #57472e #4a3c27 #3c3120 #2f2619 #211b12 #14100b

Tints of brown

#a98a5c #b2966c #bba27d #c4ae8e #cdba9f #d5c6b0 #ded3c1 #e7dfd2 #f0ebe2 #f9f7f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#516e9a Analogous#9a5951 Analogous#939a51 Triadic#519a7d Triadic#7d519a Split complementary#51939a Split complementary#58519a

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 47, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a7d51 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 47 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 47 46

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #9a7d51 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a7d51; }
.text { color: #9a7d51; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a7d51; }

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 #9a7d51 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a7d51 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9a7d51 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9a7d51 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 #9a7d51 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 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.