Antique Brass Color
Antique Brass is a brown color with hex code #704A07. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with antique brass, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Antique Brass Color Values
What Does Antique Brass Mean?
Antique Brass belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Being on the dark side, Antique Brass adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Antique Brass is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: moderate olive brown, #6C541E). It is also known as Antique Bronze.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Antique Brass
Antique Brass and #072D6E are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #6E1507 and #606E07, which sit beside antique brass on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair antique brass with triadic partners #076E48 and #48076E. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Cafe Royale —
#6F440C(Delta E 5) - Medium Brown —
#7F5112(Delta E 5) - Shit Brown —
#7B5804(Delta E 8) - Milk Chocolate —
#7F4E1E(Delta E 9) - Natural —
#86560A(Delta E 9)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #704A07; }
.background { background-color: #704A07; }
.border { border: 2px solid #704A07; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #704A0740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for antique brass?
Antique Brass has the hex code #704A07. In RGB notation it is rgb(112, 74, 7), in HSL it is hsl(38, 88%, 23%), and its OKLCH value is 0.441, 0.09, 74.
What does the color antique brass mean?
Brown-family colors like antique brass carry distinct psychological associations. Antique Brass belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Being on the dark side, Antique Brass adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with antique brass?
Antique Brass has three easy routes: its complement #072D6E for punch, its neighbors #6E1507 and #606E07 for something calmer, or triadic partners #076E48 and #48076E when you want energy.
Is antique brass a standard web color?
No — Antique Brass is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #704A07 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make antique brass lighter or darker?
To lighten antique brass, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FBE6C1 (lightest tint) to #130D01 (darkest shade).
About Antique Brass
Antique Brass is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has alternative names including Antique Bronze. The color is recognized by Resene, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #704A07 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.