Rosy brown

#ac8473

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 18 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 #ac8473, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac8473
RGB172, 132, 115
HSL18, 26%, 56%
HSV18, 33%, 67%
CMYK0%, 23%, 33%, 33%
Lab58.52, 12.91, 15.09
XYZ28.36, 26.51, 19.84
Decimal11306099
Web safe#999966
Pantone479 C
Pantone479 CHex#ac8473Rgb172 132 115Cmyk0 23 33 33Lab59 13 15Darker#5b4136Deep#876150Lighter#c5aca2

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, 23, 33, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac8473 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 23 33 33
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 25 34 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 #ac8473 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac8473; }
.text { color: #ac8473; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac8473; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ac8473 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.33:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.30:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac8473 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 #ac8473 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 #ac8473 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 #ac8473 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.