Dark brown

#533913

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

Dark brown is a dark orange with anchoring warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #533913, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#533913

RGB83, 57, 19

HSL36, 63%, 20%

HSV36, 77%, 33%

CMYK0%, 31%, 77%, 67%

Lab26.19, 7.31, 27.35

XYZ5.15, 4.81, 1.27

Decimal5454099

Web safe#663300

Pantone462 C

Shades of dark brown

#4d3512 #473110 #422d0f #3c290e #36250c #30210b #2a1d0a #251908 #1f1507 #191106

Tints of dark brown

#734f1a #926522 #b27a29 #d09032 #d7a152 #dfb271 #e6c391 #edd5b1 #f4e6d1 #fcf7f0

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#132d53 Analogous#531913 Analogous#4d5313 Triadic#135339 Triadic#391353 Split complementary#134d53 Split complementary#191353

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, 31, 77, 67.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #533913 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 77 67

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 75 73

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 #533913 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #533913; }
.text { color: #533913; }
.border { border: 2px solid #533913; }

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 #533913 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #533913 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 #533913 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 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 #533913 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

Here is how the numbers for #533913 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.