Rosy brown

#a9959f

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

Rosy brown sits in the pink band, mid and grey. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #a9959f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9959f
RGB169, 149, 159
HSL330, 10%, 62%
HSV330, 12%, 66%
CMYK0%, 12%, 6%, 34%
Lab63.7, 9.19, -2.53
XYZ33.37, 32.43, 37.3
Decimal11113887
Web safe#999999
Pantone5215 C
Pantone5215 CHex#a9959fRgb169 149 159Cmyk0 12 6 34Lab64 9 -3Darker#614e58Deep#886e7bLighter#c8bdc3

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

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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, 12, 6, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9959f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 12 6 34
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 15 10 40
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 #a9959f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9959f; }
.text { color: #a9959f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9959f; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a9959f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.81:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
7.49:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9959f 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 #a9959f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #a9959f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from rosy brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #a9959f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.