Brown

#a1745b

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

Brown is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a1745b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1745b

RGB161, 116, 91

HSL21, 28%, 49%

HSV21, 43%, 63%

CMYK0%, 28%, 43%, 37%

Lab52.76, 14.46, 20.79

XYZ22.83, 20.82, 12.71

Decimal10581083

Web safe#996666

Pantone4715 C

Shades of brown

#936a53 #85604b #775543 #684b3b #5a4133 #4c372b #3e2d23 #30221b #221813 #140e0b

Tints of brown

#ab816a #b38e79 #bc9b88 #c5a898 #cdb5a7 #d6c2b6 #dfcec6 #e7dbd5 #f0e8e4 #f9f5f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#5b88a1 Analogous#a15b65 Analogous#a1975b Triadic#5ba174 Triadic#745ba1 Split complementary#5ba197 Split complementary#5b65a1

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, 28, 43, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1745b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 43 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 44 43

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 #a1745b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1745b; }
.text { color: #a1745b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1745b; }

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 #a1745b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1745b 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 #a1745b 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 #a1745b 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 #a1745b is computed, not guessed. 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.