Rosy brown

#a6958e

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

Rosy brown is a mid orange with balanced 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.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #a6958e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a6958e
RGB166, 149, 142
HSL18, 12%, 60%
HSV18, 14%, 65%
CMYK0%, 10%, 14%, 35%
Lab62.97, 5.08, 5.98
XYZ31.36, 31.55, 30.03
Decimal10917262
Web safe#999999
Pantone408 C
Pantone408 CHex#a6958eRgb166 149 142Cmyk0 10 14 35Lab63 5 6Darker#5c4f49Deep#847068Lighter#c5bbb7

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 14, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a6958e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 10 14 35
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 13 17 41
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 #a6958e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a6958e; }
.text { color: #a6958e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a6958e; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a6958e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.87:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.31:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a6958e 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 #a6958e 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 #a6958e 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a6958e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.