Brown, beige and tan DMC floss colors
FlossChart's DMC table has 78 brown, beige and tan colors. This page lists all of them with the DMC number, the name and an approximate screen color, from the lightest (DMC 3866, Mocha Brown Ultra Very Light) to the darkest (DMC 3371, Black Brown).
How the list is made: a color is on this page when its DMC name contains one of these words: "brown", "beige", "mocha", "desert", "mahogany", "hazelnut", "drab", "rosewood", "cocoa", "tan", "coffee", "driftwood". Names are what DMC calls the color, so a few colors show up in two families (for example a "Blue Green" is on the green page and the blue page). Lightness is measured as CIELAB L*, the same color math the FlossChart converter uses.
The biggest brown, beige and tan color groups
Many DMC colors come in runs of one name from very light to very dark. In this family the biggest runs are: Desert Sand (7), Beige Brown (6), Mahogany (6), Mocha Brown (6), Beige Gray (5). The Desert Sand run, light to dark, is: Desert Sand Very Light (3774), Desert Sand Light (950), Desert Sand (3064), Desert Sand Medium (407), Desert Sand Dark (3773), Desert Sand Very Dark (3772), Desert Sand Ultra Very Dark (632).
The closest look-alikes in this family, by the same color difference: DMC 3781 and DMC 839 (difference 1,4); DMC 3782 and DMC 842 (difference 1,8); DMC 3864 and DMC 842 (difference 1,9). On screen these are hard to tell apart, so check the real thread before you swap one for another.
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All 78 brown, beige and tan DMC colors, light to dark
| Color | DMC | Name | Screen color (hex) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3866 | Mocha Brown Ultra Very Light | #FAF6F0 | |
| 3024 | Brown Gray Very Light | #EBEAE7 | |
| 739 | Tan Ultra Very Light | #F8E4C8 | |
| 543 | Beige Brown Ultra Very Light | #F2E3CE | |
| 3774 | Desert Sand Very Light | #F3E1D7 | |
| 822 | Beige Gray Light | #E7E2D3 | |
| 3856 | Mahogany Ultra Very Light | #FFD3B5 | |
| 3033 | Mocha Brown Very Light | #E3D8CC | |
| 3047 | Yellow Beige Light | #E7D6C1 | |
| 644 | Beige Gray Medium | #DDD8CB | |
| 950 | Desert Sand Light | #EED3C4 | |
| 3779 | Rosewood Ultra Very Light | #F8CAC8 | |
| 738 | Tan Very Light | #ECCC9E | |
| 05 | Driftwood Light | #E3CCBE | |
| 06 | Driftwood Medium Light | #DCC6B8 | |
| 613 | Drab Brown Very Light | #DCC4AA | |
| 3827 | Golden Brown Pale | #F7BB77 | |
| 437 | Tan Light | #E4BB8E | |
| 3046 | Yellow Beige Medium | #D8BC9A | |
| 3782 | Mocha Brown Light | #D2BCA6 | |
| 842 | Beige Brown Very Light | #D1BAA1 | |
| 402 | Mahogany Very Light | #F7A777 | |
| 3864 | Mocha Beige Light | #CBB69C | |
| 3023 | Brown Gray Light | #B1AA97 | |
| 977 | Golden Brown Light | #DC9C56 | |
| 422 | Hazelnut Brown Light | #C69F7B | |
| 3032 | Mocha Brown Medium | #B39F8B | |
| 612 | Drab Brown Light | #BC9A78 | |
| 841 | Beige Brown Light | #B69B7E | |
| 3045 | Yellow Beige Dark | #BC966A | |
| 436 | Tan | #CB9051 | |
| 3064 | Desert Sand | #C48E70 | |
| 642 | Beige Gray Dark | #A49878 | |
| 3859 | Rosewood Light | #BA8B7C | |
| 3828 | Hazelnut Brown | #B78B61 | |
| 976 | Golden Brown Medium | #C28142 | |
| 3861 | Cocoa Light | #A68881 | |
| 3776 | Mahogany Light | #CF7939 | |
| 407 | Desert Sand Medium | #BB8161 | |
| 3022 | Brown Gray Medium | #8E9078 | |
| 3863 | Mocha Beige Medium | #A4835C | |
| 435 | Brown Very Light | #B87748 | |
| 3773 | Desert Sand Dark | #B67552 | |
| 167 | Yellow Beige Very Dark | #A77C49 | |
| 840 | Beige Brown Medium | #9A7C5C | |
| 3826 | Golden Brown | #AD7239 | |
| 07 | Driftwood | #8F7B6E | |
| 611 | Drab Brown | #967656 | |
| 640 | Beige Gray Very Dark | #857B61 | |
| 420 | Hazelnut Brown Dark | #A07042 | |
| 3772 | Desert Sand Very Dark | #A06C50 | |
| 301 | Mahogany Medium | #B35F2B | |
| 3862 | Mocha Beige Dark | #8A6E4E | |
| 3790 | Beige Gray Ultra Dark | #7F6A55 | |
| 434 | Brown Light | #985E33 | |
| 869 | Hazelnut Brown Very Dark | #835E39 | |
| 610 | Drab Brown Dark | #796047 | |
| 3860 | Cocoa | #7D5D57 | |
| 632 | Desert Sand Ultra Very Dark | #875539 | |
| 3858 | Rosewood Medium | #964A3F | |
| 975 | Golden Brown Dark | #914F12 | |
| 3787 | Brown Gray Dark | #625D50 | |
| 3781 | Mocha Brown Dark | #6B5743 | |
| 400 | Mahogany Dark | #8F430F | |
| 839 | Beige Brown Dark | #675541 | |
| 08 | Driftwood Dark | #6A5046 | |
| 433 | Brown Medium | #7A451F | |
| 779 | Cocoa Dark | #624B45 | |
| 838 | Beige Brown Very Dark | #594937 | |
| 3021 | Brown Gray Very Dark | #4F4B41 | |
| 801 | Coffee Brown Dark | #653919 | |
| 300 | Mahogany Very Dark | #6F2F00 | |
| 3031 | Mocha Brown Very Dark | #4B3C2A | |
| 3857 | Rosewood Dark | #68251A | |
| 898 | Coffee Brown Very Dark | #492A13 | |
| 09 | Cocoa Very Dark | #55200E | |
| 938 | Coffee Brown Ultra Dark | #361F0E | |
| 3371 | Black Brown | #1E1108 |
Screen colors are approximations of real thread. Full list of all 489 colors: DMC floss color chart.