Deep brown

#474b31

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

Deep brown is a deep yellow, rich 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.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #474b31, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#474b31

RGB71, 75, 49

HSL69, 21%, 24%

HSV69, 35%, 29%

CMYK5%, 0%, 35%, 71%

Lab30.86, -6.64, 14.99

XYZ5.67, 6.59, 3.88

Decimal4672305

Web safe#333333

Pantone5743 C

Shades of deep brown

#42452d #3c402a #373a26 #323422 #2c2f1f #27291b #222317 #1c1e13 #171810 #12130c

Tints of deep brown

#5c6140 #71784e #868e5d #99a16f #a9af85 #b8be9b #c8ccb1 #d8dbc8 #e8e9de #f7f8f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#35314b Analogous#4b4231 Analogous#3a4b31 Triadic#31474b Triadic#4b3147 Split complementary#313a4b Split complementary#42314b

Deep brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 0, 35, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #474b31 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 0 35 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 4 36 77

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.

Deep brown in css

Copy #474b31 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #474b31; }
.text { color: #474b31; }
.border { border: 2px solid #474b31; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #474b31 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #474b31 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #474b31 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #474b31 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 deep brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #474b31 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.