Saddle brown

#5e331d

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 20 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 #5e331d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e331d

RGB94, 51, 29

HSL20, 53%, 24%

HSV20, 69%, 37%

CMYK0%, 46%, 69%, 63%

Lab26.26, 17.16, 22.12

XYZ6.02, 4.84, 1.78

Decimal6173469

Web safe#663333

Pantone477 C

Shades of saddle brown

#572f1b #502b19 #492816 #422414 #3b2012 #341c10 #2d180e #26140c #1e1109 #170d07

Tints of saddle brown

#7a4226 #96522e #b36137 #c77348 #cf8964 #d89e81 #e1b49d #e9c9b9 #f2dfd5 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#1d485e Analogous#5e1d28 Analogous#5e541d Triadic#1d5e33 Triadic#331d5e Split complementary#1d5e54 Split complementary#1d275e

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, 46, 69, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e331d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 69 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 67 69

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 #5e331d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e331d; }
.text { color: #5e331d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e331d; }

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 #5e331d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e331d 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 #5e331d 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 #5e331d 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

The figures for #5e331d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.