Saddle brown

#83472c

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 19 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 #83472c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#83472c
RGB131, 71, 44
HSL19, 50%, 34%
HSV19, 66%, 51%
CMYK0%, 46%, 66%, 49%
Lab36.95, 23.05, 27.21
XYZ12.07, 9.51, 3.58
Decimal8603436
Web safe#993333
Pantone478 C
Pantone478 CHex#83472cRgb131 71 44Cmyk0 46 66 49Lab37 23 27Darker#2e190fDeep#4e2a1aLighter#b26644

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, 46, 66, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #83472c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 46 66 49
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 46 65 55
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 #83472c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #83472c; }
.text { color: #83472c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #83472c; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #83472c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
7.23:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.90:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #83472c 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 #83472c 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 #83472c 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

Every value on this page for #83472c 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.