Tobacco Brown Color
Tobacco Brown is a brown color with hex code #715D47. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with tobacco brown, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Tobacco Brown Color Values
What Does Tobacco Brown Mean?
Tobacco Brown 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. Tobacco Brown sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Tobacco Brown is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: grayish yellowish brown, #7E6D5A).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Tobacco Brown
Tobacco Brown and #475B71 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 — #714747 and #707147, which sit beside tobacco brown on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair tobacco brown with triadic partners #47715D and #5D4771. 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
- Roman Coffee —
#795D4C(Delta E 5) - Dark Taupe —
#7F684E(Delta E 5) - Greyish Brown —
#7A6A4F(Delta E 6) - Soya Bean —
#6A6051(Delta E 7) - Pine Cone —
#6D5E54(Delta E 8)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #715D47; }
.background { background-color: #715D47; }
.border { border: 2px solid #715D47; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #715D4740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for tobacco brown?
Tobacco Brown has the hex code #715D47. In RGB notation it is rgb(113, 93, 71), in HSL it is hsl(31, 23%, 36%), and its OKLCH value is 0.492, 0.042, 69.3.
What does the color tobacco brown mean?
Brown-family colors like tobacco brown carry distinct psychological associations. Tobacco Brown 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. Tobacco Brown sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with tobacco brown?
Tobacco Brown has three easy routes: its complement #475B71 for punch, its neighbors #714747 and #707147 for something calmer, or triadic partners #47715D and #5D4771 when you want energy.
Is tobacco brown a standard web color?
No — Tobacco Brown is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #715D47 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make tobacco brown lighter or darker?
To lighten tobacco brown, 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 #E9E3DC (lightest tint) to #130F0C (darkest shade).
About Tobacco Brown
Tobacco Brown is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #715D47 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.