Saddle brown

#794a2c

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

This is Saddle brown, a soft orange at 23 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Saddle brown color values

Every conversion for #794a2c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#794a2c

RGB121, 74, 44

HSL23, 47%, 32%

HSV23, 64%, 47%

CMYK0%, 39%, 64%, 53%

Lab36.26, 16.83, 26.04

XYZ10.79, 9.14, 3.58

Decimal7948844

Web safe#663333

Pantone4705 C

Shades of saddle brown

#6f4428 #653e25 #5b3821 #52321e #482c1a #3e2616 #342013 #2a1a0f #20140c #160e08

Tints of saddle brown

#915935 #a9673d #bd774a #c68962 #cf9b7a #d7ad92 #e0bfaa #e9d1c2 #f2e3da #faf5f2

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#2c5b79 Analogous#792c34 Analogous#79712c Triadic#2c794a Triadic#4a2c79 Split complementary#2c7971 Split complementary#2c3479

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 64, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #794a2c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 64 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 63 59

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 #794a2c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #794a2c; }
.text { color: #794a2c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #794a2c; }

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 #794a2c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #794a2c 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 #794a2c 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 #794a2c 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 #794a2c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.