Dark brown

#321d09

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 29 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 #321d09, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#321d09

RGB50, 29, 9

HSL29, 69%, 12%

HSV29, 82%, 20%

CMYK0%, 42%, 82%, 80%

Lab13.09, 8.0, 15.87

XYZ1.8, 1.58, 0.47

Decimal3284233

Web safe#333300

Pantone4625 C

Shades of dark brown

#2d1a08 #281707 #211306 #1c1005

Tints of dark brown

#573210 #7b4816 #a05d1d #c57223 #db8838 #e29e5d #e8b482 #efcaa6 #f6e0cb #fcf6f0

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#091e32 Analogous#32090a Analogous#323109 Triadic#09321d Triadic#1d0932 Split complementary#093231 Split complementary#090a32

Dark brown in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 82, 80.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #321d09 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 82 80

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 79 86

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 #321d09 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #321d09; }
.text { color: #321d09; }
.border { border: 2px solid #321d09; }

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 #321d09 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #321d09 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 #321d09 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 #321d09 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 #321d09 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.