Saddle brown

#8d2f00

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

Saddle brown is a deep orange with rich warmth. 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 #8d2f00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d2f00

RGB141, 47, 0

HSL20, 100%, 28%

HSV20, 100%, 55%

CMYK0%, 67%, 100%, 45%

Lab33.34, 38.16, 45.29

XYZ12.0, 7.7, 0.85

Decimal9252608

Web safe#993300

Pantone1685 C

Shades of saddle brown

#822b00 #772800 #6c2400 #612000 #561d00 #4b1900 #401500 #351200 #2a0e00 #1f0a00

Tints of saddle brown

#b03b00 #d34600 #f65200 #ff671a #ff7e3e #ff9561 #ffad84 #ffc4a7 #ffdcca #fff3ed

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#005e8d Analogous#8d0018 Analogous#8d7600 Triadic#008d2f Triadic#2f008d Split complementary#008d76 Split complementary#00188d

Saddle brown in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 67, 100, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d2f00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 100 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 96 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 #8d2f00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d2f00; }
.text { color: #8d2f00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d2f00; }

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 #8d2f00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d2f00 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 #8d2f00 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 #8d2f00 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 #8d2f00 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.