Saddle brown

#965f21

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

Saddle brown sits in the orange range, deep and strong. 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 #965f21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#965f21

RGB150, 95, 33

HSL32, 64%, 36%

HSV32, 78%, 59%

CMYK0%, 37%, 78%, 41%

Lab45.33, 17.06, 42.77

XYZ16.94, 14.78, 3.4

Decimal9854753

Web safe#996633

Pantone154 C

Shades of saddle brown

#8a571e #7d4f1c #714719 #643f16 #583713 #4b3011 #3f280e #32200b #261808 #191006

Tints of saddle brown

#af6f27 #c97f2c #d58e3f #da9d58 #e0ac72 #e5bb8b #ebcaa4 #f1d9be #f6e8d7 #fcf6f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#215896 Analogous#962421 Analogous#929621 Triadic#21965f Triadic#5f2196 Split complementary#219296 Split complementary#252196

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, 37, 78, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #965f21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 78 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 76 47

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #965f21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #965f21; }
.text { color: #965f21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #965f21; }

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 #965f21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #965f21 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 #965f21 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 #965f21 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #965f21 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.