Dark brown

#2b2b0e

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

Dark brown is a dark yellow, dramatic at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #2b2b0e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2b2b0e

RGB43, 43, 14

HSL60, 51%, 11%

HSV60, 67%, 17%

CMYK0%, 0%, 67%, 83%

Lab16.86, -5.01, 18.31

XYZ1.94, 2.27, 0.75

Decimal2829070

Web safe#333300

Pantone419 C

Shades of dark brown

#27270d #23230b #1f1f0a #1b1b09 #171708

Tints of dark brown

#4c4c19 #6d6d23 #8d8d2e #aeae39 #c5c54d #d0d06e #dbdb8f #e5e5b0 #f0f0d1 #fbfbf2

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#0e0e2b Analogous#2b1c0e Analogous#1d2b0e Triadic#0e2b2b Triadic#2b0e2b Split complementary#0e1c2b Split complementary#1c0e2b

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, 0, 67, 83.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2b2b0e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 67 83

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 66 89

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #2b2b0e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2b2b0e; }
.text { color: #2b2b0e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2b2b0e; }

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 #2b2b0e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2b2b0e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2b2b0e 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2b2b0e 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 #2b2b0e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.