DMC 611 Drab Brown

DMC 611 Drab Brown is a medium, soft brown six-strand embroidery floss. On screen it is shown as hex #967656 (RGB 150, 118, 86). If you stitch with other brands, the closest threads are Anchor 898, Sullivans 45144, J&P Coats 5898, Maxi Mouline 940. Brown shades like this are popular for wood, tree trunks, hair, animals, coffee and outlining.

DMC Stranded Cotton Thread #611 Drab Brown – colour codes

	Hex	#967656
	Red	150
	Green	118
	Blue	86
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DMC Stranded Cotton Thread Colour #611 Drab Brown

Similar DMC shades

The closest DMC colours to 611 – handy when you run out of a thread or want a gentle shade change.

840 Beige Brown Medium 830 Golden Olive Dark 3772 Desert Sand Very Dark 3862 Mocha Beige Dark 640 Beige Gray Very Dark 3863 Mocha Beige Medium 167 Yellow Beige Very Dark 420 Hazelnut Brown Dark

Colours that go well with DMC 611

Picked with colour-wheel rules (complementary, analogous and triadic), matched to real DMC threads.

798 Delft Blue Dark Complementary3012 Khaki Green Medium Analogous3721 Shell Pink Dark Analogous502 Blue Green Triadic29 Eggplant Triadic

🎨 Make a colour palette from DMC 611 →

← DMC 612 Drab Brown Light All brown DMC colours DMC 610 Drab Brown Dark →

RGB #967656 ✿

Click the Floss Name to find out the the most similar floss.

DMC Name	DMC	Anchor	Sullivans	J&P Coats	Maxi Mouline	RGB
Mustard	371	887	45084	5898	818	#BFA671
Golden Olive Dark	830	277	45231	5472	822	#8D784B
Golden Olive Very Dark	829	906	45230	5898	822	#7E6B42
Drab Brown	611	898	45144	5898	940	#967656
Drab Brown Dark	610	889	45143	5898	823	#796047
Desert Sand Very Dark	3772	1007	45386	5579	894	#A06C50
Mocha Beige Medium	3863	379	45461	5379	894	#A4835C
Mocha Beige Dark	3862	358	45460	5360	939	#8A6E4E
Mocha Brown Medium	3032	898	45324	5832	818	#B39F8B
Beige Brown Medium	840	1084	45238	5379	939	#9A7C5C

Or you can click on the shade below.

DMC Palette

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
3713 761 760 3712 3328 347 353 352 351 350 349 817 3708 3706 3705 3801 666 321 304 498 816 815 814	894 893 892 891 818 957 956 309 963 3716 962 961 3833 3832 3831 777 819 3326 776 899 335 326	151 3354 3733 3731 3350 150 3689 3688 3687 3803 3685 605 604 603 602 601 600 3806 3805 3804 3609 3608 3607 718 917 915	225 224 152 223 3722 3721 221 778 3727 316 3726 315 3802 902 3743 3042 3041 3740 3836 3835 3834 154	211 210 209 208 3837 327 153 554 553 552 550 3747 341 156 340 155 3746 333 157 794 793 3807 792 158 791	3840 3839 3838 800 809 799 798 797 796 820 162 827 813 826 825 824 996 3843 995 3846 3845 3844	159 160 161 3756 775 3841 3325 3755 334 322 312 803 336 823 939 3753 3752 932 931 930 3750	828 3761 519 518 3760 517 3842 311 747 3766 807 806 3765 3811 598 597 3810 3809 3808 928 927 926 3768 924 3849 3848 3847	964 959 958 3812 3851 943 3850 993 992 3814 991 966 564 563 562 505 3817 3816 163 3815 561 504 3813 503 502 501 500	955 954 913 912 911 910 909 3818 369 368 320 367 319 890 164 989 988 987 986 772 3348 3347 3346 3345 895

11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
704 703 702 701 700 699 907 906 905 904 472 471 470 469 937 936 935 934 523 3053 3052 3051 524 522 520	3364 3363 3362 165 3819 166 581 580 734 733 732 731 730 3013 3012 3011 372 371 370 834 833 832 831 830 829	613 612 611 610 3047 3046 3045 167 746 677 422 3828 420 869 728 783 782 781 780 676 729 680 3829 3822 3821 3820 3852	445 307 973 444 3078 727 726 725 972 745 744 743 742 741 740 970 971 947 946 900 967 3824 3341 3340 608 606	951 3856 722 721 720 3825 922 921 920 919 918 3770 945 402 3776 301 400 300 3823 3855 3854 3853	3827 977 976 3826 975 948 754 3771 758 3778 356 3830 355 3777 3779 3859 3858 3857 3774 950 3064 407 3773 3772 632	453 452 451 3861 3860 779 712 739 738 437 436 435 434 433 801 898 938 3371 543 3864 3863 3862 3031	B5200 White 3865 Ecru 822 644 642 640 3787 3021 3024 3023 3022 535 3033 3782 3032 3790 3781 3866 842 841 840 839 838	3072 648 647 646 645 844 762 415 318 414 168 169 317 413 3799 310 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

Use this chart only as a guide. Color samples and names for DMC and Pantone may not be identical. The Hex conversion is calculated based on corresponding RGB values to get the closest match.

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