Brown

About Brown

Brown is the hex color #A52A2A, which translates to rgb(165, 42, 42) in RGB and hsl(0, 59%, 41%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 0 degrees, with a saturation of 59 percent and a lightness of 41 percent. That combination puts Brown in the workable middle of the brown family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Brown compares

Brown is exactly the CSS keyword brown, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is red-800 (#9F0712), at a distance of 11.4. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Carmine at 8.6. Sorted by lightness, Brown is number 15 of the 27 brown colors here.

Text on Brown

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Brown, led by White at 7.08:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Brown already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Brown

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Brown for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.