Saddle brown

#5f2803

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

Saddle brown is a dark orange with anchoring warmth. 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 #5f2803, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5f2803

RGB95, 40, 3

HSL24, 94%, 19%

HSV24, 97%, 37%

CMYK0%, 58%, 97%, 63%

Lab23.53, 22.95, 32.55

XYZ5.49, 3.96, 0.56

Decimal6236163

Web safe#663300

Pantone168 C

Shades of saddle brown

#582503 #522203 #4b2002 #451d02 #3e1a02 #381702 #311502 #2b1201 #240f01 #1e0c01

Tints of saddle brown

#853804 #ab4805 #d25807 #f76808 #f8802f #fa9755 #fbae7b #fcc6a1 #fdddc7 #fef4ee

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#033a5f Analogous#5f030c Analogous#5f5603 Triadic#035f28 Triadic#28035f Split complementary#035f56 Split complementary#030c5f

Saddle brown in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 58, 97, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5f2803 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 58 97 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 57 93 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Saddle brown in css

Copy #5f2803 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5f2803; }
.text { color: #5f2803; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5f2803; }

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 #5f2803 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5f2803 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Saddle brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5f2803 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn saddle brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5f2803 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 #5f2803 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.