Deep brown

#554b40

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

This is Deep brown, a muted orange at 31 degrees. 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.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #554b40, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#554b40
RGB85, 75, 64
HSL31, 14%, 29%
HSV31, 25%, 33%
CMYK0%, 12%, 25%, 67%
Lab32.55, 2.15, 8.09
XYZ7.19, 7.33, 5.89
Decimal5589824
Web safe#663333
Pantone411 C
Pantone411 CHex#554b40Rgb85 75 64Cmyk0 12 25 67Lab33 2 8Darker#231f1aDeep#3a332cLighter#7c6f60

Shades of deep brown

Tints of deep brown

Colors that go with deep brown

Deep brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 25, 67.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #554b40 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 12 25 67
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 15 27 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.

Deep brown in css

Copy #554b40 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #554b40; }
.text { color: #554b40; }
.border { border: 2px solid #554b40; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #554b40 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
8.51:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.47:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #554b40 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #554b40 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep 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 deep brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #554b40 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #554b40 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.