Saddle brown

#6a4532

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

This is Saddle brown, a soft orange at 20 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 #6a4532, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a4532
RGB106, 69, 50
HSL20, 36%, 31%
HSV20, 53%, 42%
CMYK0%, 35%, 53%, 58%
Lab33.03, 13.55, 17.94
XYZ8.65, 7.55, 4.02
Decimal6964530
Web safe#663333
Pantone477 C
Pantone477 CHex#6a4532Rgb106 69 50Cmyk0 35 53 58Lab33 14 18Darker#2a1b14Deep#452d21Lighter#96664d

Shades of saddle brown

Tints of saddle brown

Colors that go with saddle brown

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, 35, 53, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a4532 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 35 53 58
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 36 53 64
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 #6a4532 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a4532; }
.text { color: #6a4532; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a4532; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6a4532 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
8.37:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass
Textblack text on this color
2.51:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a4532 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 #6a4532 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #6a4532 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from saddle brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #6a4532 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.