Dark brown

#3d3920

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 yellow at 52 degrees. 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 #3d3920, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3d3920
RGB61, 57, 32
HSL52, 31%, 18%
HSV52, 48%, 24%
CMYK0%, 7%, 48%, 76%
Lab23.75, -2.66, 16.2
XYZ3.65, 4.02, 1.95
Decimal4012320
Web safe#333333
Pantone449 C
Pantone449 CHex#3d3920Rgb61 57 32Cmyk0 7 48 76Lab24 -3 16Darker#282615Lighter#69633b

Shades of dark brown

Tints of dark brown

Colors that go with dark brown

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, 7, 48, 76.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3d3920 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 7 48 76
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 10 48 82
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 #3d3920 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3d3920; }
.text { color: #3d3920; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3d3920; }

How dark brown looks on light and dark

Dark brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3d3920 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
11.64:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
1.80:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3d3920 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 #3d3920 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #3d3920 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3d3920 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.