Saddle brown

#945016

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 weighty warmth. 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 #945016, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#945016

RGB148, 80, 22

HSL28, 74%, 33%

HSV28, 85%, 58%

CMYK0%, 46%, 85%, 42%

Lab41.36, 24.31, 43.69

XYZ15.23, 12.09, 2.29

Decimal9719830

Web safe#996600

Pantone470 C

Shades of saddle brown

#884914 #7c4312 #703c11 #63360f #572f0d #4b290b #3f2209 #331c08 #271506 #1b0e04

Tints of saddle brown

#b05f1a #cc6e1e #e07e2b #e48f47 #e8a063 #ecb17f #f0c29b #f4d3b7 #f9e4d3 #fdf6ef

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#165a94 Analogous#94161b Analogous#948f16 Triadic#169450 Triadic#501694 Split complementary#16948f Split complementary#161b94

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 46, 85, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #945016 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 85 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 82 48

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

Saddle brown in css

Copy #945016 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #945016; }
.text { color: #945016; }
.border { border: 2px solid #945016; }

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 #945016 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #945016 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 #945016 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 #945016 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 #945016 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.