Deep brown

#6d4e17

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

Deep brown is a deep orange with rich 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.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #6d4e17, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d4e17

RGB109, 78, 23

HSL38, 65%, 26%

HSV38, 79%, 43%

CMYK0%, 28%, 79%, 57%

Lab35.52, 7.38, 35.91

XYZ9.19, 8.76, 2.02

Decimal7163415

Web safe#666600

Pantone1405 C

Shades of deep brown

#654815 #5c4213 #543c12 #4c3610 #43300e #3b2a0c #32240b #2a1e09 #221807 #191205

Tints of deep brown

#8b631d #a87924 #c68e2a #d69f3e #ddae5c #e3bd79 #e9cb97 #efdab5 #f6e9d3 #fcf8f0

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#17366d Analogous#6d2317 Analogous#616d17 Triadic#176d4e Triadic#4e176d Split complementary#17616d Split complementary#23176d

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, 28, 79, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d4e17 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 79 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 77 63

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 #6d4e17 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d4e17; }
.text { color: #6d4e17; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d4e17; }

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 #6d4e17 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d4e17 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 #6d4e17 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 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 #6d4e17 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6d4e17 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.