— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 105

Tan/Brown - VAR

Hex: #A5765A
RGB: 165, 118, 90
Lab: 53.70, 14.89, 22.71
Family: Browns

Closest substitutes

Ranked by CIEDE2000 — the measure of colour difference built to match what an eye sees, rather than the distance between two sets of RGB numbers. A higher percentage means a swap fewer people would notice.

DMC 841
86%
Beige Brown - LT
ΔE 3.16
DMC 5279
80%
Metallic Copper
ΔE 4.54
DMC 3863
79%
Mocha Beige - MED
ΔE 4.75
DMC 407
72%
Desert Sand - DK
ΔE 6.23
DMC 3064
70%
Desert Sand
ΔE 6.71
DMC 3045
68%
Yellow Beige - DK
ΔE 7.15
DMC 680
67%
Old Gold - DK
ΔE 7.37
DMC 435
66%
Brown - VY LT
ΔE 7.52

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