Saddle brown

#693e2e

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 #693e2e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#693e2e

RGB105, 62, 46

HSL16, 39%, 30%

HSV16, 56%, 41%

CMYK0%, 41%, 56%, 59%

Lab30.99, 16.97, 17.76

XYZ8.04, 6.65, 3.44

Decimal6897198

Web safe#663333

Pantone477 C

Shades of saddle brown

#61392a #583427 #502f23 #482a1f #3f251c #372018 #2e1b14 #261611 #1e120d #150d09

Tints of saddle brown

#814c38 #985a43 #b0684d #bb7c64 #c6907c #d0a494 #dab8ab #e5ccc3 #efe0db #faf4f3

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#2e5969 Analogous#692e3c Analogous#695c2e Triadic#2e693e Triadic#3e2e69 Split complementary#2e695c Split complementary#2e3b69

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, 41, 56, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #693e2e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 56 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 56 65

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

Saddle brown in css

Copy #693e2e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #693e2e; }
.text { color: #693e2e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #693e2e; }

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 #693e2e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #693e2e 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 #693e2e 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 #693e2e 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

Every value on this page for #693e2e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.