Brown

#9d4e46

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

Brown lands in the red band, mid and soft. 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 #9d4e46, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9d4e46

RGB157, 78, 70

HSL6, 38%, 45%

HSV6, 55%, 62%

CMYK0%, 50%, 55%, 38%

Lab42.85, 32.04, 19.92

XYZ17.73, 13.06, 7.38

Decimal10309190

Web safe#996633

Pantone696 C

Shades of brown

#8f4740 #82413a #743a34 #67332e #592c28 #4b2622 #3e1f1c #301816 #23110f #150b09

Tints of brown

#af574e #b86860 #c07972 #c88b85 #d19c97 #d9aea9 #e1bfbc #e9d0ce #f1e2e0 #f9f3f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#46959d Analogous#9d4669 Analogous#9d7a46 Triadic#469d4e Triadic#4e469d Split complementary#469d7a Split complementary#46699d

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 55, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9d4e46 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 55 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 55 44

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 #9d4e46 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9d4e46; }
.text { color: #9d4e46; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9d4e46; }

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 #9d4e46 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9d4e46 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 #9d4e46 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 #9d4e46 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

Here is how the numbers for #9d4e46 are worked out. 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.