Deep brown

#6c4d15

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

Deep brown sits in the orange range, deep and strong. 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 #6c4d15, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6c4d15
RGB108, 77, 21
HSL39, 67%, 25%
HSV39, 81%, 42%
CMYK0%, 29%, 81%, 58%
Lab35.1, 7.4, 36.35
XYZ8.97, 8.55, 1.89
Decimal7097621
Web safe#666600
Pantone1405 C
Pantone1405 CHex#6c4d15Rgb108 77 21Cmyk0 29 81 58Lab35 7 36Darker#33250aDeep#553d11Lighter#a17627

Shades of deep brown

Tints of deep brown

Colors that go with deep brown

Deep brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 81, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6c4d15 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 29 81 58
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 31 79 64
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 #6c4d15 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6c4d15; }
.text { color: #6c4d15; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6c4d15; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6c4d15 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
7.75:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6c4d15 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 #6c4d15 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 #6c4d15 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6c4d15 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.