What color does yellow and brown make?
Yellow and Brown make Mustard Gold (#B8933A). Yellow warms and lightens brown rather than shifting its hue, landing on a golden mustard.
Yellow and Brown sit a moderate distance apart on the color wheel, which is the gap that tends to produce a genuine in-between hue rather than a washed-out version of either original color.
How the ratio changes the result
That's the traditional paint-mixing answer. The calculator below blends these exact colors live in OKLCH space, which lands a little differently, edit either hex to compare the two.
Yellow and Brown mix FAQ
What color does yellow and brown make?
Yellow and Brown make Mustard Gold (#B8933A). Yellow warms and lightens brown rather than shifting its hue, landing on a golden mustard.
Does the ratio of yellow to brown change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Mustard Gold (#B8933A), but using more yellow pulls the result toward #d7a128, and more brown pulls it toward #9b6a32. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for yellow and brown mixed?
Yellow (#F2C11D) and Brown (#7A5230) mixed in equal parts is #B8933A. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.