Saddle brown

#7f421c

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 strong. 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 #7f421c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7f421c

RGB127, 66, 28

HSL23, 64%, 30%

HSV23, 78%, 50%

CMYK0%, 48%, 78%, 50%

Lab34.99, 23.22, 33.75

XYZ10.91, 8.49, 2.16

Decimal8339996

Web safe#663333

Pantone1615 C

Shades of saddle brown

#753d1a #6b3718 #603215 #562d13 #4c2811 #42220f #381d0c #2d180a #231208 #190d06

Tints of saddle brown

#9b5022 #b65f28 #d16d2f #d7814b #dd9466 #e3a782 #eabb9e #f0ceb9 #f6e1d5 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#1c597f Analogous#7f1c27 Analogous#7f731c Triadic#1c7f42 Triadic#421c7f Split complementary#1c7f74 Split complementary#1c287f

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, 48, 78, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7f421c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 78 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 76 56

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 #7f421c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7f421c; }
.text { color: #7f421c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7f421c; }

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 #7f421c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7f421c 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 #7f421c 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 #7f421c 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 #7f421c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.