Saddle brown

#8a5d2d

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

Saddle brown sits in the orange range, deep and soft. 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 #8a5d2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a5d2d

RGB138, 93, 45

HSL31, 51%, 36%

HSV31, 67%, 54%

CMYK0%, 33%, 67%, 46%

Lab43.39, 13.42, 34.35

XYZ14.87, 13.42, 4.29

Decimal9067821

Web safe#996633

Pantone464 C

Shades of saddle brown

#7f5529 #734e26 #684622 #5c3e1e #51361a #452f17 #3a2713 #2e1f0f #23170b #171008

Tints of saddle brown

#a16d35 #b97c3c #c58c4e #cd9b66 #d5aa7d #dcb994 #e4c9ac #ebd8c3 #f3e7da #fbf6f2

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#2d5a8a Analogous#8a2e2d Analogous#888a2d Triadic#2d8a5d Triadic#5d2d8a Split complementary#2d888a Split complementary#2f2d8a

Saddle brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 67, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a5d2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 67 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 66 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 #8a5d2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a5d2d; }
.text { color: #8a5d2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a5d2d; }

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 #8a5d2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a5d2d 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 #8a5d2d 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 #8a5d2d 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

Every value on this page for #8a5d2d is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.