Saddle brown

#8a4c2a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for saddle brown, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Saddle brown, a soft orange at 21 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Saddle brown color values

Every conversion for #8a4c2a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a4c2a

RGB138, 76, 42

HSL21, 53%, 35%

HSV21, 70%, 54%

CMYK0%, 45%, 70%, 46%

Lab39.14, 23.11, 31.16

XYZ13.48, 10.74, 3.55

Decimal9063466

Web safe#993333

Pantone4635 C

Shades of saddle brown

#7f4627 #733f23 #683920 #5c331c #512c19 #452615 #3a2012 #2e1a0e #23130b #170d07

Tints of saddle brown

#a25931 #ba6639 #c8764a #cf8862 #d69b7a #dead92 #e5bfaa #ecd1c1 #f4e3d9 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#2a688a Analogous#8a2a38 Analogous#8a7c2a Triadic#2a8a4c Triadic#4c2a8a Split complementary#2a8a7c Split complementary#2a388a

Saddle brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 70, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a4c2a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 70 46

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 68 52

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Saddle brown in css

Copy #8a4c2a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a4c2a; }
.text { color: #8a4c2a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a4c2a; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8a4c2a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a4c2a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Saddle brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8a4c2a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around saddle brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn saddle brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8a4c2a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from saddle brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8a4c2a are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.