Deep brown

#4e3e2d

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

Deep brown is a deep orange with weighty warmth. 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.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #4e3e2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e3e2d

RGB78, 62, 45

HSL31, 27%, 24%

HSV31, 42%, 31%

CMYK0%, 21%, 42%, 69%

Lab27.45, 4.2, 13.09

XYZ5.34, 5.25, 3.22

Decimal5127725

Web safe#663333

Pantone448 C

Shades of deep brown

#48392a #423526 #3c3023 #372b1f #31271c #2b2219 #251d15 #1f1912 #19140f #130f0b

Tints of deep brown

#65513b #7d6348 #947656 #a78867 #b59b7f #c2ad96 #d0bfad #ddd2c5 #ebe4dc #f8f6f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#2d3d4e Analogous#4e2d2d Analogous#4e4e2d Triadic#2d4e3e Triadic#3e2d4e Split complementary#2d4e4e Split complementary#2d2d4e

Deep brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 42, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e3e2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 42 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 43 75

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.

Deep brown in css

Copy #4e3e2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e3e2d; }
.text { color: #4e3e2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e3e2d; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e3e2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e3e2d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e3e2d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn deep brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e3e2d 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 deep brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4e3e2d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.