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#4B4E39

Umber · dark warm green

About #4B4E39

With the hex code #4B4E39, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 31% green and 22% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 12.2 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3C394E, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.58:1).

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Red75
Green78
Blue57

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 12.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.9
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 15.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #4B4E39

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4B4E39.
8.58:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4B4E39.
2.45:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4B4E39 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4B4E39
Protanopia (no red cones)
#514C38
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#514C3A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D4C48

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4B4E39?

With the hex code #4B4E39, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 31% green and 22% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4B4E39?

Use white text. White on #4B4E39 has a contrast ratio of 8.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4B4E39?

Its complementary colour is #3C394E, and analogous partners are #4E4639 and #414E39.