Saddle brown

#8d4607

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 28 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 #8d4607, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d4607

RGB141, 70, 7

HSL28, 91%, 29%

HSV28, 95%, 55%

CMYK0%, 50%, 95%, 45%

Lab37.95, 26.48, 45.65

XYZ13.21, 10.06, 1.45

Decimal9258503

Web safe#993300

Pantone1535 C

Shades of saddle brown

#824006 #773b06 #6b3505 #603005 #552a04 #4a2504 #3f1f03 #341a03 #281402 #1d0e01

Tints of saddle brown

#ae5609 #cf670a #ef770c #f48929 #f69b4a #f8ad6b #f9bf8c #fbd1ac #fde3cd #fef6ee

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#074e8d Analogous#8d070b Analogous#8d8907 Triadic#078d46 Triadic#46078d Split complementary#078d89 Split complementary#070b8d

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, 50, 95, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d4607 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 95 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 91 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 #8d4607 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d4607; }
.text { color: #8d4607; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d4607; }

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 #8d4607 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d4607 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 #8d4607 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 #8d4607 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 #8d4607 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.