Saddle brown

#6a4a15

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 37 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 #6a4a15, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a4a15

RGB106, 74, 21

HSL37, 67%, 25%

HSV37, 80%, 42%

CMYK0%, 30%, 80%, 58%

Lab34.02, 8.26, 35.22

XYZ8.53, 8.02, 1.81

Decimal6965781

Web safe#663300

Pantone1405 C

Shades of saddle brown

#624413 #5a3f12 #523910 #4a340f #422e0d #3a280b #32230a #2a1d08 #221707 #1a1205

Tints of saddle brown

#885f1b #a77521 #c58a27 #d89c39 #deab58 #e4bb76 #eaca95 #f0d9b3 #f6e8d2 #fcf8f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#15356a Analogous#6a2015 Analogous#606a15 Triadic#156a4a Triadic#4a156a Split complementary#15606a Split complementary#1f156a

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, 30, 80, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a4a15 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 80 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 78 64

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 #6a4a15 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a4a15; }
.text { color: #6a4a15; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a4a15; }

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 #6a4a15 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a4a15 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 #6a4a15 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 #6a4a15 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 #6a4a15 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.