Rosy brown

#bf9d8a

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

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #bf9d8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf9d8a

RGB191, 157, 138

HSL22, 29%, 65%

HSV22, 28%, 75%

CMYK0%, 18%, 28%, 25%

Lab67.3, 9.73, 14.67

XYZ38.13, 37.03, 29.18

Decimal12557706

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4725 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b48d77 #aa7d63 #9b6e55 #88604a #745240 #614535 #4e372a #3a2920 #271c15 #140e0b

Tints of rosy brown

#c5a695 #cbaf9f #d0b8aa #d6c0b4 #dcc9bf #e2d2c9 #e7dbd4 #ede4de #f3ede9 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8aacbf Analogous#bf8a91 Analogous#bfb88a Triadic#8abf9d Triadic#9d8abf Split complementary#8abfb8 Split complementary#8a91bf

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, 28, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf9d8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 28 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 30 31

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #bf9d8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf9d8a; }
.text { color: #bf9d8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf9d8a; }

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 #bf9d8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf9d8a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bf9d8a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bf9d8a 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 #bf9d8a 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.