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#4E4635

Umber · dark warm brown

About #4E4635

With the hex code #4E4635, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 27% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 32% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 8.5 — followed by Walnut. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #353D4E, 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 — 9.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.33:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green70
Blue53

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 8.5
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 10.1
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #4E4635

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4635.
9.33:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4635.
2.25:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E4635 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E4635
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4A4634
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4C4835
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#524341

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E4635?

With the hex code #4E4635, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 27% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 32% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E4635?

Use white text. White on #4E4635 has a contrast ratio of 9.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E4635?

Its complementary colour is #353D4E, and analogous partners are #4E3A35 and #4A4E35.