Dark brown

#474523

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #474523, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#474523

RGB71, 69, 35

HSL57, 34%, 21%

HSV57, 51%, 28%

CMYK0%, 3%, 51%, 72%

Lab28.69, -4.9, 20.75

XYZ5.03, 5.72, 2.43

Decimal4670755

Web safe#333333

Pantone5815 C

Shades of dark brown

#424021 #3d3b1e #38361c #333119 #2e2c17 #292814 #242312 #1f1e0f #1a190d #14140a

Tints of dark brown

#615e30 #7b773d #959049 #ada858 #b9b572 #c6c38c #d3d0a5 #e0debf #ecebd9 #f9f9f3

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#232547 Analogous#473323 Analogous#374723 Triadic#234745 Triadic#452347 Split complementary#233747 Split complementary#332347

Dark brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 51, 72.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #474523 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 51 72

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 51 78

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 #474523 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #474523; }
.text { color: #474523; }
.border { border: 2px solid #474523; }

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 #474523 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #474523 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 #474523 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 #474523 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 #474523 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.