Dark brown

#4c4821

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 54 degrees. 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 #4c4821, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c4821

RGB76, 72, 33

HSL54, 39%, 21%

HSV54, 57%, 30%

CMYK0%, 5%, 57%, 70%

Lab30.11, -4.51, 23.76

XYZ5.57, 6.28, 2.36

Decimal4999201

Web safe#333333

Pantone5815 C

Shades of dark brown

#47431f #413e1c #3c381a #363318 #312e15 #2b2913 #262410 #201f0e #1b190c #151409

Tints of dark brown

#67612d #817b38 #9c9444 #b4ab52 #c0b86d #cbc588 #d7d2a2 #e2dfbd #eeecd8 #faf9f3

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#21254c Analogous#4c3321 Analogous#3a4c21 Triadic#214c48 Triadic#48214c Split complementary#213a4c Split complementary#33214c

Dark brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 57, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c4821 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 57 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 56 76

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 #4c4821 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c4821; }
.text { color: #4c4821; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c4821; }

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 #4c4821 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c4821 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 #4c4821 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 #4c4821 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 #4c4821 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.