Saddle brown

#804f21

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

This is Saddle brown, a strong orange at 29 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 #804f21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#804f21
RGB128, 79, 33
HSL29, 59%, 32%
HSV29, 74%, 50%
CMYK0%, 38%, 74%, 50%
Lab38.36, 16.33, 34.73
XYZ11.97, 10.29, 2.79
Decimal8408865
Web safe#996633
Pantone4635 C
Pantone4635 CHex#804f21Rgb128 79 33Cmyk0 38 74 50Lab38 16 35Darker#311e0dDeep#513215Lighter#b27236

Shades of saddle brown

Tints of saddle brown

Colors that go with saddle brown

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, 38, 74, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #804f21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 38 74 50
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 39 72 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 #804f21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #804f21; }
.text { color: #804f21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #804f21; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #804f21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.87:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.06:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #804f21 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 #804f21 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 #804f21 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

Here is how the numbers for #804f21 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.