Saddle brown

#a23402

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 19 degrees. 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 #a23402, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a23402

RGB162, 52, 2

HSL19, 98%, 32%

HSV19, 99%, 64%

CMYK0%, 68%, 99%, 36%

Lab38.1, 43.7, 49.21

XYZ16.14, 10.14, 1.16

Decimal10630146

Web safe#993300

Pantone1675 C

Shades of saddle brown

#953002 #882c02 #7a2702 #6d2301 #601f01 #531b01 #461601 #391201 #2b0e01 #1e0a00

Tints of saddle brown

#c23e02 #e34903 #fc560a #fc6c2b #fd834b #fd996c #feb08c #fec6ad #fedccd #fff3ed

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#0270a2 Analogous#a20220 Analogous#a28402 Triadic#02a234 Triadic#3402a2 Split complementary#02a284 Split complementary#0220a2

Saddle brown in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 68, 99, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a23402 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 68 99 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 95 42

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 #a23402 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a23402; }
.text { color: #a23402; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a23402; }

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 #a23402 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a23402 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 #a23402 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 #a23402 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 #a23402 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.