— DMC stranded cotton —

DMC 167

Khaki Brown

Hex: #855D31
RGB: 133, 93, 49
Lab: 42.82, 11.41, 31.37
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 420
93%
Hazelnut Brown - DK
ΔE 1.54
DMC 840
82%
Beige Brown - MED
ΔE 4.00
DMC 611
73%
Drab Brown
ΔE 5.96
DMC 868
71%
Hazel Nut Brown
ΔE 6.34
DMC 869
71%
Hazelnut Brown - VY DK
ΔE 6.43
DMC 831
70%
Golden Olive - MED
ΔE 6.66
DMC 830
69%
Golden Olive - DK
ΔE 6.95
DMC 434
65%
Brown - LT
ΔE 7.84

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