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#4E4433

Umber · dark warm brown

About #4E4433

#4E4433 is a muted, dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 27% green and 20% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 8.6); Walnut comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #333D4E — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E4433 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.55:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green68
Blue51

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 8.6
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 9.1
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #4E4433

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4433.
9.55:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4433.
2.20:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E4433 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E4433
Protanopia (no red cones)
#484432
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4B4633
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#52413F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E4433?

#4E4433 is a muted, dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 27% green and 20% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E4433?

Use white text. White on #4E4433 has a contrast ratio of 9.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E4433?

Its complementary colour is #333D4E, and analogous partners are #4E3733 and #4B4E33.