#4F482E
Umber · dark warm brown
About #4F482E
#4F482E is a muted, dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 28% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 42% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 12.1); Walnut comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #2E354F — a prussian blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4F482E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.14:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4F482E?
#4F482E is a muted, dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 28% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 42% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #4F482E?
Use white text. White on #4F482E has a contrast ratio of 9.14:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4F482E?
Its complementary colour is #2E354F, and analogous partners are #4F372E and #464F2E.