Rosy brown

#bc9b8a

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

Rosy brown sits in the orange range, mid and muted. 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 #bc9b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc9b8a

RGB188, 155, 138

HSL20, 27%, 64%

HSV20, 27%, 74%

CMYK0%, 18%, 27%, 26%

Lab66.5, 9.65, 13.5

XYZ37.05, 35.97, 29.03

Decimal12360586

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4725 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b18b77 #a67b64 #976c56 #845f4c #715141 #5f4436 #4c362b #392921 #261b16 #130e0b

Tints of rosy brown

#c2a495 #c8ad9f #ceb6aa #d4bfb4 #dac8bf #e0d1c9 #e6dad4 #ece3df #f2ece9 #f9f5f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8aabbc Analogous#bc8a92 Analogous#bcb48a Triadic#8abc9b Triadic#9b8abc Split complementary#8abcb4 Split complementary#8a92bc

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 27, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc9b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 27 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 29 32

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 #bc9b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc9b8a; }
.text { color: #bc9b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc9b8a; }

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 #bc9b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc9b8a 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 #bc9b8a 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 #bc9b8a 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 #bc9b8a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.