Light brown hair deserves some love! This underrated hair color might be simple, but it can also be shockingly pretty. We’re not talking about boring, mousy tones – we’re talking about light brown hair shades that can be totally sexy, glamorous, chic, and sultry. Light brown hair comes in a ton of different iterations, and we’ve found gorgeous examples of each one to get you inspired! To see exactly just how diverse light brown hair shades can be, we’ve put together a vast collection of gorgeous inspiration photos below!
1. Soft Light Brown Hair
This light brown hair is subtle and pretty with chocolate undercurrents and a hint of warm sheen achieved with some lighter hair dye. It’s the kind of color that would suit anyone and that gleams with health.
2. Lit-up Brunette Hair
This gorgeous brunette hair has a sun-dappled effect thanks to a touch of balayage! The grown-out roots are a very deep brown, and light brown hair dye helps to soften things up and lighten the transition towards blonde at the ends and near the front of the face.
3. Sunny Light Brown Hair Color
This gorgeous transition look features the best of all worlds! Dark brown roots, light brown mids, and blonde at the ends. The light brown hair shades in here skew warm in a way that flatters cool undertones.
4. Tousled Light Brown Waves
By styling the hair so it’s both tousled and voluminous, the final effect seems effortlessly sexy. This variation on light brown hair color features deeper, cool brown roots that progress into a chocolate milk shade that turns nearly golden at the ends.
5. Ginger Light Brown Hair
There is something airy and warm about this streaked hair! The base of the hair is dark, but it’s streaked with layers of light brown hair dye and a hint of blonde that both lean a bit towards ginger to give the hair a warming, weightless appearance.
6. Metallic Light Brown Balayage
This long, dark hair was totally transformed by a light brown balayage! Gold-leaning light brown hair shades reinforced by Olaplex have the most magnificent sheen, so in this balayage style, they make it seem as though chocolate hair melted into metal.
7. Warm Light Brown Balayage
This is like a slightly more red-leaning version of the previous look, with a balayage over extremely long hair carrying a lot of drama. The base shade is a neutral brown with long streaks of a honey light brown that brighten the look.
8. Light Brown Cloud Hair
Talk about unique styling! The most incredible thing about this brunette hair is definitely the way it was styled into perfect yet extremely voluminous spirals, though the color itself is quite pretty as well. The roots are a more neutral light brown hair color, but the mids and ends are a little warmer with a hint of copper sheen.
9. Creamed Coffee Light Brown Hair
Yara de la Tore, the balayage expert who created this look, describes it as “that moment in which your creamer first hits your coffee,” and we have to agree! Light brown is integral here for marrying the creamy beige highlights with the deep espresso roots.
10. Light Brown Hair with Curtain Layers
Curtain layers are the chic, longer variation on curtain bangs that help to frame the face. They work well with light brown hair, like in this lovely and smooth balayage that also features deep roots and hints of gold at the ends.
