Saddle brown

#986021

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Saddle brown color values

Every conversion for #986021, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#986021

RGB152, 96, 33

HSL32, 64%, 36%

HSV32, 78%, 60%

CMYK0%, 37%, 78%, 40%

Lab45.84, 17.39, 43.36

XYZ17.41, 15.15, 3.45

Decimal9986081

Web safe#996633

Pantone154 C

Shades of saddle brown

#8b581e #7f501b #724819 #654016 #593813 #4c3010 #3f280e #33200b #261808 #191005

Tints of saddle brown

#b17026 #ca802c #d58f40 #db9e59 #e0ad72 #e6bb8b #ebcaa5 #f1d9be #f6e8d7 #fcf6f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#215998 Analogous#982421 Analogous#949821 Triadic#219860 Triadic#602198 Split complementary#219498 Split complementary#242198

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 78, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #986021 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 78 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 76 46

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 #986021 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #986021; }
.text { color: #986021; }
.border { border: 2px solid #986021; }

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 #986021 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #986021 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 #986021 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 #986021 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 #986021 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.