Rosy brown

#ae8a7e

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #ae8a7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae8a7e

RGB174, 138, 126

HSL15, 23%, 59%

HSV15, 28%, 68%

CMYK0%, 21%, 28%, 32%

Lab60.5, 11.86, 11.63

XYZ30.31, 28.68, 23.68

Decimal11438718

Web safe#999966

Pantone4725 C

Shades of rosy brown

#a47b6d #976d5f #876155 #76554a #664940 #553d35 #44312b #342521 #231916 #130e0c

Tints of rosy brown

#b5958a #bd9f96 #c4aaa1 #ccb5ad #d3c0b9 #dacac5 #e2d5d1 #e9e0dc #f1eae8 #f8f5f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

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Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 28, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae8a7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 28 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 30 38

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 #ae8a7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae8a7e; }
.text { color: #ae8a7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae8a7e; }

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 #ae8a7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae8a7e 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 #ae8a7e 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 #ae8a7e 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

Here is how the numbers for #ae8a7e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.