Café Noir (#4B3621)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 11.36:1 — vs black: 1.85:1

Color values

  • HEX #4B3621
  • RGB rgb(75, 54, 33)
  • HSL hsl(30, 56%, 29%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 28, 56, 70.59 )
  • Websafe #333333

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #4B3621 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Café Noir
#4B3621 Base
#21364B
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Café Noir
#4B3621 Base
#4B2121
#4B4B21
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Café Noir
#4B3621 Base
#214B36
#36214B
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Café Noir
#4B3621 Base
#214B4B
#21214B
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Café Noir
#4B3621 Base
#214B21
#21364B
#4B214B
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Café Noir
#4B3621 Base
#120D08
#16100A
#2F2215
#674A2D
#805C38
#B38352
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Café Noir, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#120D08
#1D150D
#291D12
#342617
#402E1C
Café Noir #4B3621 Base
#7F5C38
#B28150
#C9A785
#E0CDB9
#F7F2ED
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #4B3621. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #4B3621;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #4B3621;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #4B3621;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #4B3621,
        #214B75
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #4B3621,
        #214B75
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$café-noir: #4B3621;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$café-noir-r: 75;
$café-noir-g: 54;
$café-noir-b: 33;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $café-noir;
    color: rgba($café-noir-r, $café-noir-g, $café-noir-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Café Noir appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #4B3621 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #3D3D20 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #393921 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #4D3434 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #3A3A3A Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Café Noir ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Café Noir #4B3621 Base
Bistre #3D2B1F ΔE 5.33
Taupe #483C32 ΔE 6.05
Dark Brown #654321 ΔE 7.49
Pullman Green #3B331C ΔE 8.05

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.