Saddle brown

#905b21

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

This is Saddle brown, a strong orange at 31 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Saddle brown color values

Every conversion for #905b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#905b21

RGB144, 91, 33

HSL31, 63%, 35%

HSV31, 77%, 56%

CMYK0%, 37%, 77%, 44%

Lab43.54, 16.64, 40.73

XYZ15.52, 13.52, 3.23

Decimal9460513

Web safe#996633

Pantone154 C

Shades of saddle brown

#84531e #784c1c #6c4419 #603d16 #543513 #492e11 #3d260e #311f0b #251708 #191006

Tints of saddle brown

#aa6b27 #c37b2d #d38b3d #d89a57 #deaa70 #e4b98a #eac8a4 #f0d8bd #f6e7d7 #fcf6f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#215690 Analogous#902421 Analogous#8d9021 Triadic#21905b Triadic#5b2190 Split complementary#218d90 Split complementary#232190

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, 37, 77, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #905b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 77 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 75 50

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 #905b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #905b21; }
.text { color: #905b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #905b21; }

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 #905b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #905b21 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 #905b21 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 #905b21 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 #905b21 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.