Saddle brown

#744f38

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

Saddle brown sits in the orange range, deep and soft. 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 #744f38, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#744f38

RGB116, 79, 56

HSL23, 35%, 34%

HSV23, 52%, 45%

CMYK0%, 32%, 52%, 55%

Lab37.1, 12.65, 19.79

XYZ10.71, 9.59, 5.03

Decimal7622456

Web safe#666633

Pantone4705 C

Shades of saddle brown

#6a4933 #61422f #573c2a #4e3526 #442f21 #3b281c #312218 #281b13 #1e150f #150e0a

Tints of saddle brown

#8a5e42 #9f6c4d #b07c5c #bb8d71 #c59f87 #cfb09d #dac1b2 #e4d3c8 #efe4dd #f9f5f3

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#385d74 Analogous#74383f Analogous#746d38 Triadic#38744f Triadic#4f3874 Split complementary#38746d Split complementary#383f74

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 52, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #744f38 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 52 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 52 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Saddle brown in css

Copy #744f38 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #744f38; }
.text { color: #744f38; }
.border { border: 2px solid #744f38; }

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 #744f38 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #744f38 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 #744f38 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 #744f38 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

Every value on this page for #744f38 is computed, not guessed. 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.