Rosy brown

#ca9c8f

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

This is Rosy brown, a soft red sitting at 13 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #ca9c8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca9c8f

RGB202, 156, 143

HSL13, 36%, 68%

HSV13, 29%, 79%

CMYK0%, 23%, 29%, 21%

Lab68.25, 15.25, 13.39

XYZ41.2, 38.32, 31.21

Decimal13278351

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c0897a #b67664 #aa6451 #955846 #7f4b3c #6a3f32 #553228 #3f251e #2a1914 #150c0a

Tints of rosy brown

#cfa599 #d3aea3 #d8b6ad #ddbfb7 #e2c8c1 #e6d1cb #ebdad5 #f0e3df #f5ebe9 #f9f4f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8fbdca Analogous#ca8fa0 Analogous#caba8f Triadic#8fca9c Triadic#9c8fca Split complementary#8fcaba Split complementary#8fa0ca

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, 23, 29, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca9c8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 29 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 31 27

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 #ca9c8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca9c8f; }
.text { color: #ca9c8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca9c8f; }

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 #ca9c8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca9c8f 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 #ca9c8f 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 #ca9c8f 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 #ca9c8f 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. 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.