Colors that go with Coffee Bean for cabinets
Coffee Bean · #4A3B30
Coffee Bean (#4A3B30) — dark brown — Krylon's 2026 colour of the year (swatch is an honest sRGB approximation — the official code is authoritative) — pairs best with terracotta & clay, ochre & gold, soft brown, and muted red. With cabinets, match it to terracotta & clay, drawn from 8 historically-grounded combinations below.
Cabinet color is a long commitment — the partners that age well are warm neutrals and one quiet accent for hardware or tile.
About coffee bean
Coffee Bean is dark brown — Krylon's 2026 colour of the year (swatch is an honest sRGB approximation — the official code is authoritative) — a gently muted, warm colour that reads as deep and grounding. As a warm tone it looks most resolved next to cool and neutral partners that temper its warmth, and it needs lighter shades nearby for the value contrast the eye reads as finished. That balance is what makes it feel earthy in cabinets.
- HEX
- #4A3B30
- RGB
- 74, 59, 48
- HSL
- 25°, 21%, 24%
- CMYK
- 0, 20, 35, 71
Accessibility: put light text on coffee bean for AAA legibility (contrast 10.3:1 against off-white).
Why coffee bean pairs with terracotta & clay, ochre & gold, soft brown, and muted red
Across the 8 historical combinations below, coffee bean sits most often beside terracotta & clay, ochre & gold, soft brown, and muted red. That tracks with colour theory: a warm, deep tone like this one wants cool and neutral partners that temper its warmth so the scheme feels intentional rather than flat, and lighter partners supply the light-to-dark range the eye needs. Cabinet color is a long commitment — the partners that age well are warm neutrals and one quiet accent for hardware or tile.
- terracotta & clay
- ochre & gold
- soft brown
- muted red
Using coffee bean in cabinets
With cabinets, match it to terracotta & clay and ochre & gold. Because coffee bean is deep and grounding, keep it to anchor pieces or a single feature area and let terracotta & clay carry the larger surfaces.
8 combinations with coffee bean, from the 1933 Dictionary
Kite Brown & Gold
The warm brown of a kite's wing lit by afternoon gold.
#2B2B2B #8A5A3B #D4AF37
Persimmon & Burnt Brown
Autumn persimmon against scorched cedar — harvest colors from the countryside.
#4B2E20 #D66B37 #E8D8B7
Scorched Brown & Unbleached
The dark brown of scorched wood against unbleached hemp — quiet materials.
#3E2A1E #F3EBDA #8A6A47
Kerria Gold & Chestnut
The bright gold of the kerria flower against the warm brown of roasted chestnut.
#6B3E26 #F5B71C #F8F4E9
Eosine Pink & Hay's Russet +2
Plate 336 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Pale Lemon Yellow, Blackish Olive.
#42533e #f37f94 #793327 #ffefae
Burnt Sienna & Pinkish Cinnamon +2
Plate 263 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Burnt Sienna, Pinkish Cinnamon, Turquoise Green, Slate Color.
#34454c #ae5224 #eeb480 #b5decc
Sulpher Yellow & Ochraceous Salmon +2
Plate 296 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Sulpher Yellow, Ochraceous Salmon, Pale Raw Umber, Slate Color.
#34454c #f5ecc2 #d8a37b #71502f
Pale Lemon Yellow & Vinaceous Cinnamon +1
Plate 203 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pale Lemon Yellow, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Lincoln Green.
#555832 #ffefae #eea78c
Coffee Bean in other settings
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