Saddle Brown (#8B4513)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 7.10:1 — vs black: 2.96:1

Color values

  • HEX #8B4513
  • RGB rgb(139, 69, 19)
  • HSL hsl(25, 86%, 54%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 50.36, 86.33, 45.49 )
  • Websafe #993300

Tags

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Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #8B4513 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Saddle Brown
#8B4513 Base
#13598B
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Saddle Brown
#8B4513 Base
#8B131D
#8B8113
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Saddle Brown
#8B4513 Base
#138B45
#45138B
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Saddle Brown
#8B4513 Base
#138B81
#131D8B
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Saddle Brown
#8B4513 Base
#1D8B13
#13598B
#81138B
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Saddle Brown
#8B4513 Base
#160B03
#48240A
#67330E
#AF5718
#CE661C
#E78F50
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Saddle Brown, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#160B03
#2E1706
#452209
#5C2E0D
#743910
Saddle Brown #8B4513 Base
#C4621B
#E4823C
#ECA776
#F4CCAF
#FCF1E9
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #8B4513. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #8B4513;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #8B4513;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #8B4513;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #8B4513,
        #279CEF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #8B4513,
        #279CEF
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$saddle-brown: #8B4513;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$saddle-brown-r: 139;
$saddle-brown-g: 69;
$saddle-brown-b: 19;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $saddle-brown;
    color: rgba($saddle-brown-r, $saddle-brown-g, $saddle-brown-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Saddle Brown appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #8B4513 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #606007 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #505015 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #8D4141 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #585858 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Saddle Brown ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Saddle Brown #8B4513 Base
Russet #80461B ΔE 2.90
Brown (traditional) #964B00 ΔE 4.38
Sepia #704214 ΔE 6.89

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.