Saddle brown

#74400a

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

This is Saddle brown, a vivid 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 #74400a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#74400a

RGB116, 64, 10

HSL31, 84%, 25%

HSV31, 91%, 45%

CMYK0%, 45%, 91%, 55%

Lab32.7, 18.73, 39.02

XYZ9.09, 7.4, 1.24

Decimal7618570

Web safe#663300

Pantone731 C

Shades of saddle brown

#6b3b09 #623608 #5a3108 #512d07 #482806 #3f2305 #371e05 #2e1904 #251403 #1c1002

Tints of saddle brown

#96530d #b76510 #d97813 #ec8a24 #ef9c46 #f2ae68 #f5c089 #f8d2ab #fbe4cd #fef6ef

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#0a3e74 Analogous#740b0a Analogous#73740a Triadic#0a7440 Triadic#400a74 Split complementary#0a7374 Split complementary#0b0a74

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, 45, 91, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #74400a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 91 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 88 61

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 #74400a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #74400a; }
.text { color: #74400a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74400a; }

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 #74400a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #74400a 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 #74400a 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 #74400a 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 #74400a 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 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.