Saddle brown

#8c5403

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 35 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 #8c5403, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c5403

RGB140, 84, 3

HSL35, 96%, 28%

HSV35, 98%, 55%

CMYK0%, 40%, 98%, 45%

Lab41.09, 17.98, 48.95

XYZ14.0, 11.92, 1.65

Decimal9196547

Web safe#996600

Pantone154 C

Shades of saddle brown

#814d03 #764703 #6b4002 #603a02 #553302 #4a2c02 #3f2601 #341f01 #291901 #1e1201

Tints of saddle brown

#ae6904 #d07d04 #f39205 #faa120 #fbb043 #fcbe65 #fccc87 #fddba9 #fee9cb #fff8ee

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#033b8c Analogous#8c0f03 Analogous#7f8c03 Triadic#038c54 Triadic#54038c Split complementary#037f8c Split complementary#10038c

Saddle brown in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 98, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c5403 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 98 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 94 51

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 #8c5403 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c5403; }
.text { color: #8c5403; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c5403; }

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 #8c5403 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c5403 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 #8c5403 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 #8c5403 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 #8c5403 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.