Dark brown

#392f11

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

Dark brown falls in the yellow band, dark and soft. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #392f11, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#392f11

RGB57, 47, 17

HSL45, 54%, 15%

HSV45, 70%, 22%

CMYK0%, 18%, 70%, 78%

Lab19.82, 0.14, 20.57

XYZ2.81, 2.94, 0.95

Decimal3747601

Web safe#333300

Pantone449 C

Shades of dark brown

#362c10 #32290f #2f270e #2c240d #28210c #251e0b #221c0a #1e1909 #1b1608 #181307

Tints of dark brown

#594a1b #796424 #9a7f2e #ba9937 #cbac50 #d4bb70 #decb91 #e8dab1 #f1e9d1 #fbf8f1

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#111b39 Analogous#391b11 Analogous#2f3911 Triadic#11392f Triadic#2f1139 Split complementary#112f39 Split complementary#1b1139

Dark brown in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 70, 78.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #392f11 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 70 78

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 68 84

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 #392f11 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #392f11; }
.text { color: #392f11; }
.border { border: 2px solid #392f11; }

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 #392f11 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #392f11 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 #392f11 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 #392f11 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 #392f11 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.