Brown

#987854

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

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.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #987854, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#987854

RGB152, 120, 84

HSL32, 29%, 46%

HSV32, 45%, 60%

CMYK0%, 21%, 45%, 40%

Lab52.67, 7.54, 24.49

XYZ21.27, 20.75, 11.27

Decimal9992276

Web safe#996666

Pantone730 C

Shades of brown

#8b6e4d #7e6345 #70593e #634e37 #56442f #493928 #3b2f21 #2e241a #211a12 #14100b

Tints of brown

#a7855f #b09270 #b99e80 #c2ab91 #cbb7a1 #d4c4b2 #ddd0c2 #e6ddd3 #f0eae3 #f9f6f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#547498 Analogous#985654 Analogous#969854 Triadic#549878 Triadic#785498 Split complementary#549698 Split complementary#565498

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, 21, 45, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #987854 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 45 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 45 46

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.

Brown in css

Copy #987854 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #987854; }
.text { color: #987854; }
.border { border: 2px solid #987854; }

How brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #987854 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #987854 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #987854 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #987854 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 brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #987854 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.