Saddle Brown#8B4513, a warm bold brown
Saddle Brown in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more
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What kind of brown is Saddle Brown?
Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Saddle Brown's, measured rather than asserted.
Saddle Brown's Munsell numbers: hue 4.1YR, value 3.7 (how light), chroma 8.3 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block strong brown, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 8.3 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.
There's still some room before it hits the edge of what your screen can show for this hue. It could go a little more saturated and stay in gamut.
Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.
Shades of Saddle Brown, lighter and darker
For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #8B4513. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, saddle-brown-700.
Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)
Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)
Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)
Most tools mix. Rhapsody measures.
Paste any color. The whole system comes back, contrast-checked before you see it.
The window on the right was generated from #8B4513, like this whole page.
Is Saddle Brown accessible? Contrast with white & black
Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. White text on #8B4513 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.
Rows are text, columns are background · 64 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.
Ship the audit, not screenshots.
Run #8B4513 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.
The audit on the right was calibrated from #8B4513, like this whole page.
Saddle Brown in CMYK: one value for files, one per press
This color shifts further than a press run can hold, so expect a visible difference. The pairs below show where each standard lands.
In CMYK, #8B4513 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.
On press (what each standard prints)
shifts ΔE00 17.4, 7.0× the 2.5 a run varies by
shifts ΔE00 12.9, 5.2× the 2.5 a run varies by
shifts ΔE00 2.3, under the 2.5 a press run varies by
shifts ΔE00 1.6, under the 2.5 a press run varies by
shifts ΔE00 6.3, 2.5× the 2.5 a run varies by
shifts ΔE00 1.6, under the 2.5 a press run varies by
Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get.
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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.
Colors similar to Saddle Brown
Here are other colors similar to Saddle Brown along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Browns
| Korma | Korma | #8F4B0E | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Bull Shot | Bull Shot | #864D1E | white text · AA | ! within tolerance |
| Rope | Rope | #8E4D1E | white text · AA | ! within tolerance |
| Milk Chocolate | Milk Chocolate | #7F4E1E | white text · AA | ! within tolerance |
| Oregon | Oregon | #9B4703 | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Warm Brown | Warm Brown | #964E02 | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Peru Tan | Peru Tan | #7F3A02 | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Copper Canyon | Copper Canyon | #7E3A15 | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Burnt Umber | Burnt Umber | #A0450E | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Walnut | Walnut | #773F1A | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Potters Clay | Potters Clay | #8C5738 | white text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Red Beech | Red Beech | #7B3801 | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Chelsea Gem | Chelsea Gem | #9E5302 | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Sienna | Sienna | #A0522D | white text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Hawaiian Tan | Hawaiian Tan | #9D5616 | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Sepia | Sepia | #985E2B | white text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Paarl | Paarl | #A65529 | white text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Rich Gold | Rich Gold | #A85307 | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Cinnamon | Cinnamon | #AC4F06 | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Burnt Sienna | Burnt Sienna | #B04E0F | white text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Nutmeg Wood Finish | Nutmeg Wood Finish | #683600 | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Chestnut | Chestnut | #742802 | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Hairy Heath | Hairy Heath | #6B2A14 | white text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
Colors that go with Saddle Brown
The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a cool bold blue #497BBA. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.
The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.
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