Saddle brown

#884d21

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 26 degrees. 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 #884d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#884d21
RGB136, 77, 33
HSL26, 61%, 33%
HSV26, 76%, 53%
CMYK0%, 43%, 76%, 47%
Lab38.99, 21.14, 35.74
XYZ13.08, 10.65, 2.81
Decimal8932641
Web safe#996633
Pantone724 C
Pantone724 CHex#884d21Rgb136 77 33Cmyk0 43 76 47Lab39 21 36Darker#311c0cDeep#522e14Lighter#ba6f36

Shades of saddle brown

Tints of saddle brown

Colors that go with saddle brown

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 76, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #884d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 43 76 47
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 44 74 53
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 #884d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #884d21; }
.text { color: #884d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #884d21; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #884d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.71:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.13:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #884d21 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 #884d21 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 #884d21 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

Every value on this page for #884d21 is computed, not guessed. 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.