Brown color: hex codes, shades and palettes
Palettes built around brown. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.
Brown is #A52A2A — red. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and brown color palettes to copy.
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Brown hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH
- HEX
#A52A2A- RGB
rgb(165, 42, 42)- HSL
hsl(0, 59%, 41%)- OKLCH
oklch(48.1% 0.160 25.6)- On white
- 7.08:1
- On black
- 2.96:1
Shades of brown
Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.
Contrast and readability
Brown on white measures 7.08:1 and on black 2.96:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.69:1.
The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.
Related colors:taupe, tan, sand, tuscan, clay, umber. See every shade on the colors index.