Deep brown

#4a4829

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

Deep brown falls in the yellow band, deep and muted. 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 #4a4829, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a4829

RGB74, 72, 41

HSL56, 29%, 23%

HSV56, 45%, 29%

CMYK0%, 3%, 45%, 71%

Lab30.04, -4.55, 18.88

XYZ5.54, 6.25, 3.01

Decimal4868137

Web safe#333333

Pantone5743 C

Shades of deep brown

#454326 #3f3d23 #3a3820 #34331d #2f2e1a #292817 #242314 #1f1e11 #19180e #14130b

Tints of deep brown

#626036 #7b7744 #938f51 #a8a462 #b5b27a #c3c092 #d0ceab #dedcc3 #ebeadb #f9f8f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#292b4a Analogous#4a3829 Analogous#3c4a29 Triadic#294a48 Triadic#48294a Split complementary#293b4a Split complementary#38294a

Deep brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 45, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a4829 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 45 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 45 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 #4a4829 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a4829; }
.text { color: #4a4829; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a4829; }

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 #4a4829 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a4829 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 #4a4829 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 #4a4829 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #4a4829 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.