Dark brown

#4b341c

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

This is Dark brown, a soft orange at 31 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 #4b341c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b341c

RGB75, 52, 28

HSL31, 46%, 20%

HSV31, 63%, 29%

CMYK0%, 31%, 63%, 71%

Lab23.79, 7.2, 19.12

XYZ4.34, 4.04, 1.65

Decimal4928540

Web safe#333333

Pantone476 C

Shades of dark brown

#46301a #402d18 #3b2916 #362514 #312212 #2b1e10 #261a0e #21170c #1c130a #160f08

Tints of dark brown

#674827 #845b31 #a06f3c #bb8348 #c59664 #d0a981 #dabc9d #e5d0b9 #f0e3d6 #faf6f2

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#1c334b Analogous#4b1d1c Analogous#4a4b1c Triadic#1c4b34 Triadic#341c4b Split complementary#1c4a4b Split complementary#1c1c4b

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, 31, 63, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b341c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 63 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 62 77

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 #4b341c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b341c; }
.text { color: #4b341c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b341c; }

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 #4b341c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b341c 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 #4b341c 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 #4b341c 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

The figures for #4b341c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.