Saddle brown

#8c4c2b

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 soft. 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 #8c4c2b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c4c2b

RGB140, 76, 43

HSL20, 53%, 36%

HSV20, 69%, 55%

CMYK0%, 46%, 69%, 45%

Lab39.44, 24.04, 31.02

XYZ13.84, 10.92, 3.66

Decimal9194539

Web safe#993333

Pantone4635 C

Shades of saddle brown

#804627 #753f24 #693920 #5d331d #522c19 #462616 #3a2012 #2f190e #23130b #170d07

Tints of saddle brown

#a45932 #bb663a #c8764c #cf8863 #d69a7b #deac93 #e5beaa #ecd0c2 #f4e2da #fbf5f1

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#2b6b8c Analogous#8c2b3b Analogous#8c7d2b Triadic#2b8c4c Triadic#4c2b8c Split complementary#2b8c7d Split complementary#2b3a8c

Saddle brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 46, 69, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c4c2b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 69 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 67 51

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Saddle brown in css

Copy #8c4c2b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c4c2b; }
.text { color: #8c4c2b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c4c2b; }

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 #8c4c2b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c4c2b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Saddle brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8c4c2b 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn saddle brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8c4c2b 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

Here is how the numbers for #8c4c2b 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.