Rosy brown

#9e8077

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

This is Rosy brown, a muted red sitting at 14 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #9e8077, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e8077
RGB158, 128, 119
HSL14, 17%, 54%
HSV14, 25%, 62%
CMYK0%, 19%, 25%, 38%
Lab56.13, 10.1, 9.23
XYZ25.15, 24.04, 20.77
Decimal10387575
Web safe#999966
Pantone437 C
Pantone437 CHex#9e8077Rgb158 128 119Cmyk0 19 25 38Lab56 10 9Darker#4e3d38Deep#785e56Lighter#baa8a2

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy 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, 19, 25, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e8077 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 19 25 38
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 21 27 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.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #9e8077 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e8077; }
.text { color: #9e8077; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e8077; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e8077 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.62:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.81:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e8077 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9e8077 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around rosy 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 rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9e8077 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from rosy brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #9e8077 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.