All About Color Brown

#964B00

Brown is a warm, earthy color, resembling the color of tree bark. It's a grounding and natural color, perfect for creating a cozy and rustic atmosphere.

About Brown

Brown is a dark orange color with the hex code #964B00. In RGB it is red 150, green 75, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 30°, saturation 100%, lightness 29%; in CMYK it is 0%, 50%, 100%, 41%. Its contrast ratio is 6.36:1 on white and 3.30:1 on black.

#964B00 Color Conversion

Hex triplet96, 4B, 00
CMYK0.00%, 50.00%, 100.00%, 41.18%
RGB Decimal150, 75, 0
HSL30°, 100%, 29%
RGB Octal226, 113, 0
HSV (HSB)30.00°, 100.00%, 58.82%
RGB Binary10010110, 1001011, 0
CIE-L*AB40.44, 27.50, 50.15
RGB Percent58.82%, 29.41%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH40.44, 57.19, 61.26
XYZ15.09, 11.52, 1.43
CIE-L*UV40.44, 61.20, 37.41
xyY0.54, 0.41, 11.52
Hunter-Lab33.94, 20.01, 21.26
RYB58.82%, 58.82%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#964B00 on a dark background: contrast 3.30:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#964B00 on a light background: contrast 6.36:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Brown, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Brown. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#964B00 · #F07800 · #381C00 · #004A94 · #0078F0

Analogous palette

#94004A · #940000 · #964B00 · #949400 · #4A9400

Triadic palette

#964B00 · #00944A · #4A0094 · #F07800 · #00F078

Tetradic palette

#964B00 · #009400 · #004A94 · #940094 · #381C00

Monochromatic palette

#1A0D00 · #472400 · #964B00 · #E07000 · #FF962E

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