Saddle brown

#855203

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 vivid. 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 #855203, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#855203

RGB133, 82, 3

HSL36, 96%, 27%

HSV36, 98%, 52%

CMYK0%, 38%, 98%, 48%

Lab39.63, 15.89, 47.49

XYZ12.71, 11.03, 1.54

Decimal8737283

Web safe#996600

Pantone154 C

Shades of saddle brown

#7b4c03 #704503 #663f02 #5c3902 #513202 #472c02 #3d2601 #331f01 #281901 #1e1201

Tints of saddle brown

#a86704 #cb7d05 #ed9205 #faa31d #fbb13f #fbbf62 #fccd85 #fddca8 #feeacb #fff8ee

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#033685 Analogous#851103 Analogous#778503 Triadic#038552 Triadic#520385 Split complementary#037785 Split complementary#110385

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, 38, 98, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #855203 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 98 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 94 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 #855203 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #855203; }
.text { color: #855203; }
.border { border: 2px solid #855203; }

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 #855203 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #855203 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 #855203 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 #855203 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 #855203 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.