Saddle brown

#8d3a16

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 18 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 #8d3a16, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d3a16

RGB141, 58, 22

HSL18, 73%, 32%

HSV18, 84%, 55%

CMYK0%, 59%, 84%, 45%

Lab35.49, 33.28, 38.01

XYZ12.64, 8.75, 1.78

Decimal9255446

Web safe#993300

Pantone1685 C

Shades of saddle brown

#823514 #763112 #6b2c11 #5f270f #54220d #481e0b #3d1909 #311408 #261006 #1a0b04

Tints of saddle brown

#a9461a #c6511f #dd5f28 #e27445 #e68961 #eb9f7e #efb49a #f4c9b7 #f8ded3 #fdf4f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#16698d Analogous#8d162e Analogous#8d7516 Triadic#168d3a Triadic#3a168d Split complementary#168d76 Split complementary#162e8d

Saddle brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 84, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d3a16 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 84 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 81 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 #8d3a16 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d3a16; }
.text { color: #8d3a16; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d3a16; }

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 #8d3a16 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d3a16 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 #8d3a16 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 #8d3a16 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 #8d3a16 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.