Saddle brown

#842c00

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

This is Saddle brown, a vivid orange at 20 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 #842c00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#842c00
RGB132, 44, 0
HSL20, 100%, 26%
HSV20, 100%, 52%
CMYK0%, 67%, 100%, 48%
Lab31.13, 36.13, 43.01
XYZ10.42, 6.71, 0.75
Decimal8662016
Web safe#993300
Pantone1685 C
Pantone1685 CHex#842c00Rgb132 44 0Cmyk0 67 100 48Lab31 36 43Darker#3d1400Deep#662200Lighter#c1470a

Shades of saddle brown

Tints of saddle brown

Colors that go with saddle brown

Saddle brown in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 67, 100, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #842c00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 67 100 48
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 66 96 54
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #842c00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #842c00; }
.text { color: #842c00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #842c00; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #842c00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
8.97:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.34:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #842c00 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 #842c00 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 #842c00 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #842c00 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.