Saddle brown

#6d3905

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

Saddle brown is a deep orange with weighty 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 #6d3905, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d3905
RGB109, 57, 5
HSL30, 91%, 22%
HSV30, 95%, 43%
CMYK0%, 48%, 95%, 57%
Lab29.88, 19.48, 38.26
XYZ7.8, 6.19, 0.93
Decimal7158021
Web safe#663300
Pantone731 C
Pantone731 CHex#6d3905Rgb109 57 5Cmyk0 48 95 57Lab30 19 38Darker#3b1f03Deep#623304Lighter#a95d11

Shades of saddle brown

Tints of saddle brown

Colors that go with saddle brown

Saddle brown in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 95, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d3905 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 48 95 57
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 48 91 63
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 #6d3905 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d3905; }
.text { color: #6d3905; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d3905; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6d3905 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
9.38:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d3905 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 #6d3905 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #6d3905 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from saddle brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #6d3905 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.