Rosy brown

#aa8c80

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 orange at 17 degrees. 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 #aa8c80, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa8c80

RGB170, 140, 128

HSL17, 20%, 58%

HSV17, 25%, 67%

CMYK0%, 18%, 25%, 33%

Lab60.66, 9.45, 10.66

XYZ29.85, 28.86, 24.42

Decimal11177088

Web safe#999999

Pantone4725 C

Shades of rosy brown

#9f7d70 #927062 #826457 #72574d #624b42 #523f37 #42332c #322622 #221a17 #120e0c

Tints of rosy brown

#b2978c #baa197 #c1aca3 #c9b6af #d1c1ba #d9cbc6 #e0d6d1 #e8e0dd #f0ebe9 #f8f5f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#809eaa Analogous#aa8089 Analogous#aaa180 Triadic#80aa8c Triadic#8c80aa Split complementary#80aaa1 Split complementary#8089aa

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, 18, 25, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa8c80 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 25 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 27 39

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 #aa8c80 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa8c80; }
.text { color: #aa8c80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa8c80; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aa8c80 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa8c80 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 #aa8c80 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #aa8c80 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 rosy brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #aa8c80 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.