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#4E4335

Umber · dark warm brown

About #4E4335

With the hex code #4E4335, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 26% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 32% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Umber — a ΔE of 7.9 — followed by Walnut. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #35404E, 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 — 9.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.64:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green67
Blue53

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 7.9
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 8.5
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #4E4335

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4335.
9.64:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4335.
2.18:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E4335 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E4335
Protanopia (no red cones)
#474334
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4A4635
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#52403F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E4335?

With the hex code #4E4335, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 26% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 32% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E4335?

Use white text. White on #4E4335 has a contrast ratio of 9.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E4335?

Its complementary colour is #35404E, and analogous partners are #4E3735 and #4D4E35.