Saddle brown

#9a4f18

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 #9a4f18, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a4f18

RGB154, 79, 24

HSL25, 73%, 35%

HSV25, 84%, 60%

CMYK0%, 49%, 84%, 40%

Lab42.04, 27.53, 43.81

XYZ16.29, 12.53, 2.42

Decimal10112792

Web safe#996600

Pantone470 C

Shades of saddle brown

#8d4816 #804214 #743b12 #673510 #5a2e0e #4d280c #41210a #341b08 #271406 #1a0e04

Tints of saddle brown

#b55d1c #d06b20 #df7b31 #e38c4c #e79e68 #ecaf83 #f0c19e #f4d2b9 #f8e4d4 #fdf5f0

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#18639a Analogous#9a1822 Analogous#9a9018 Triadic#189a4f Triadic#4f189a Split complementary#189a90 Split complementary#18229a

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 84, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a4f18 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 84 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 81 46

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 #9a4f18 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a4f18; }
.text { color: #9a4f18; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a4f18; }

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 #9a4f18 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a4f18 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 #9a4f18 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 #9a4f18 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 #9a4f18 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.