Brown Green Color
Brown Green is a yellow color with hex code #706C11. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with brown green, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Brown Green Color Values
What Does Brown Green Mean?
Brown Green belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Being on the dark side, Brown Green adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Brown Green is classified as a olive (nearest centroid: light olive, #867E36).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Brown Green
Brown Green and #11156F 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 — #6F3B11 and #446F11, which sit beside brown green on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair brown green with triadic partners #116F6A and #6A116F. 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
- Olivetone —
#716E10(Delta E 1) - Browny Green —
#6F6C0A(Delta E 2) - Brownish Green —
#6A6E09(Delta E 5) - Greeny Brown —
#696006(Delta E 5) - Mud Green —
#606602(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #706C11; }
.background { background-color: #706C11; }
.border { border: 2px solid #706C11; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #706C1140; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for brown green?
Brown Green has the hex code #706C11. In RGB notation it is rgb(112, 108, 17), in HSL it is hsl(57, 74%, 25%), and its OKLCH value is 0.519, 0.105, 106.8.
What does the color brown green mean?
Yellow-family colors like brown green carry distinct psychological associations. Brown Green belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Being on the dark side, Brown Green adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with brown green?
Brown Green has three easy routes: its complement #11156F for punch, its neighbors #6F3B11 and #446F11 for something calmer, or triadic partners #116F6A and #6A116F when you want energy.
Is brown green a standard web color?
No — Brown Green is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #706C11 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make brown green lighter or darker?
To lighten brown green, 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 #F7F5CA (lightest tint) to #121103 (darkest shade).
About Brown Green
Brown Green is classified as a Olive in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #706C11 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.