Dark Brown

About Dark Brown

Dark Brown is the hex color #654321, which translates to rgb(101, 67, 33) in RGB and hsl(30, 51%, 26%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 30 degrees, with a saturation of 51 percent and a lightness of 26 percent. That combination puts Dark Brown in the workable middle of the brown family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Dark Brown compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is saddlebrown (#8B4513), a CIE76 distance of 22.3 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is yellow-900 (#733E0A), at a distance of 14.9. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Coffee at 8.5. Sorted by lightness, Dark Brown is number 5 of the 27 brown colors here.

Text on Dark Brown

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Dark Brown, led by White at 8.83:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Dark Brown already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Dark Brown

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Dark Brown for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.