Lighter Light Brown
#C09372
7 parts Titanium White to 3 parts Burnt Umber. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How to Mix Light Brown in Oil
Quick answer
To mix light brown (#A67B5B) in oil, use 1 part Burnt Umber to 1 part Titanium White. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.
Target
Light Brown
#A67B5B
Predicted dry result
94% match when dryMix to #AC7953. It dries true to color.
| Paint | Pigment | Parts | Share | 100 ml batch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Umber | PBr7 | 1 | 51% | 51 ml |
| Titanium White | PW6 | 1 | 49% | 49 ml |
How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.
Terms used here: Tinting strength, Dry shift, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Pigment code, Gamut.
A soft, warm light brown for hair, wood, and earth. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #A67B5B in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Pigment recipe
Checked August 2026
Ratios calibrated for oil. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.
1. Burnt Umber
PBr7
51%2. Titanium White
PW6
49%
What colors make Light Brown?
Burnt Umber and Titanium White, in roughly a 51:49 ratio.
How to make Light Brown in oil
Start with Burnt Umber at about 51% as your oil base, then work in Titanium White in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #A67B5B.
Why mix Light Brown instead of buying it
Mixing Light Brown yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Light Brown across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.
Common mistakes
White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.
Variations on Light Brown
Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.
Darker Light Brown
#8D6444
10 parts Burnt Umber, 4 parts Titanium White and 3 parts Viridian Green. Chromilla's model predicts a 98% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Warmer Light Brown
#A97862
69% Titanium White, 27% Cadmium Red and 4% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts a 97% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Cooler Light Brown
#A97862
69% Titanium White, 27% Cadmium Red and 4% Ivory Black. Chromilla's model predicts a 97% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Light Brown questions
- What two colors make light brown?
- In oil, Burnt Umber and Titanium White: 1 part Burnt Umber to 1 part Titanium White. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
- How do you make light brown paint lighter without losing the hue?
- Re-balance the mix instead of only adding white. For a lighter light brown (#C09372) in oil, Chromilla mixes 7 parts Titanium White to 3 parts Burnt Umber. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
- What is the hex code for light brown?
- Chromilla uses #A67B5B as the target for light brown. The oil recipe is predicted to dry to about #AC7953.
- Can I mix light brown without black?
- Yes. Chromilla's oil recipe uses no black: 1 part Burnt Umber to 1 part Titanium White.
Light Brown in other mediums
- Light Brown in Acrylic: 1 part Burnt Umber to 1 part Titanium White, predicted 87% dry match by Chromilla's color model.
- Light Brown in Watercolor: 1 part Burnt Umber to 1 part Titanium White, predicted 89% dry match by Chromilla's color model.
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