Dark brown

#261509

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark brown, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Dark brown, a strong orange at 25 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #261509, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#261509

RGB38, 21, 9

HSL25, 62%, 9%

HSV25, 76%, 15%

CMYK0%, 45%, 76%, 85%

Lab8.72, 7.11, 9.51

XYZ1.12, 0.97, 0.39

Decimal2495753

Web safe#330000

Pantone412 C

Shades of dark brown

#251409 #231408 #221308 #211208 #1f1107 #1e1107 #1d1007 #1b0f06 #1a0e06 #190e06

Tints of dark brown

#4a2912 #6e3d1a #925123 #b6652b #d17a3d #d99361 #e2ab85 #ebc4a9 #f3ddcd #fcf5f1

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#091a26 Analogous#26090b Analogous#262409 Triadic#092615 Triadic#150926 Split complementary#092623 Split complementary#090c26

Dark brown in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 76, 85.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #261509 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 76 85

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 74 91

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #261509 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #261509; }
.text { color: #261509; }
.border { border: 2px solid #261509; }

How dark brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #261509 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #261509 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #261509 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #261509 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #261509 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.