CSS named color
SaddleBrown #8B4513
SaddleBrown (CSS keyword saddlebrown) has the hex code #8B4513 and the RGB value rgb(139, 69, 19): a medium-dark, moderately saturated brown.
Named after the leather of horse saddles: a deep, reddish brown (#8b4513). It is one of the few named browns that looks like what most people call brown.
Color codes for SaddleBrown
| CSS keyword | saddlebrown |
|---|---|
| HEX | #8B4513 |
| RGB | rgb(139, 69, 19) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 76%, 31%) |
| HWB | hwb(25 7% 45%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(47.1% 0.112 50.8) |
| CMYK (naive, no ICC profile) | cmyk(0%, 50%, 86%, 45%) |
| Decimal | 9,127,187 |
| Hue family | Browns and tans |
Contrast and accessibility
On saddlebrown, white text has a contrast ratio of 7.09:1 and passes AAA at any text size; black text reaches 2.95:1.
WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios (success criteria 1.4.3 and 1.4.6: AA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1 and 4.5:1). APCA Lc is the lightness contrast from the APCA-W3 0.0.98G model proposed for WCAG 3; a higher absolute value is more readable, and Lc 75 is its suggested minimum for body text.
| Pair | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | AAA large | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black text on saddlebrown | 2.95:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | 19.9 |
| White text on saddlebrown | 7.09:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | −89.1 |
| Saddlebrown text on white | 7.09:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | 84.1 |
| Saddlebrown text on black | 2.95:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | −17.8 |
Tints and shades
Each step mixes saddlebrown with white (tints) or black (shades) in gamma-encoded sRGB, the same result as color-mix(in srgb, saddlebrown, white 25%) in CSS.
Tints (mixed with white)
- 5%
#914e1f - 15%
#9c6136 - 25%
#a8744e - 35%
#b48666 - 45%
#bf997d - 55%
#cbab95 - 65%
#d6beac - 75%
#e2d1c4 - 85%
#eee3dc - 95%
#f9f6f3
Shades (mixed with black)
- 5%
#844212 - 15%
#763b10 - 25%
#68340e - 35%
#5a2d0c - 45%
#4c260a - 55%
#3f1f09 - 65%
#311807 - 75%
#231105 - 85%
#150a03 - 95%
#070301
Color harmonies
Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, saddlebrown's complementary color is #00658E (close to teal), its analogous colors are #8F3D3F and #7B5200, and its triadic partners are #006E52 and #5C4E95. For text on top, white gives the higher contrast.
| Harmony | Rotation | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Complementary | +180° | #00658e |
| Analogous | −30°, +30° | #8f3d3f#7b5200 |
| Triadic | +120°, +240° | #006e52#5c4e95 |
| Split-complementary | +150°, +210° | #006b72#355999 |
Computed in OKLCH: the hue is rotated by 180° (complementary), ±30° (analogous), ±120° (triadic) and 180° ±30° (split-complementary) while lightness and chroma stay fixed. Results that fall outside sRGB are brought back with the CSS Color 4 gamut mapping algorithm. Because this uses OKLCH, the values differ from tools that rotate hue in HSL, but every color keeps the same perceived lightness.
Warm or cool?
SaddleBrown is a warm color: its hue is 25° on the HSL wheel, in the red, orange and yellow range (0° to about 70°, plus reds above 330°) that is conventionally called warm.
Nearest named and Tailwind colors
Distance is ΔE OK, the Euclidean distance in OKLab multiplied by 100. Values under about 2 are hard to tell apart side by side.
Nearest CSS named colors
Nearest Tailwind v4 colors
| Color | HEX | ΔE OK |
|---|---|---|
| yellow-800 | #894b00 | 2.2 |
| amber-800 | #973c00 | 2.7 |
| yellow-900 | #733e0a | 5.4 |
Code snippets
.element {
color: saddlebrown;
background-color: #8b4513;
border-color: rgb(139 69 19);
outline-color: oklch(47.1% 0.112 50.8);
}<div class="bg-[#8b4513] text-white">...</div>
/* or register it once in your CSS (Tailwind v4) */
@theme {
--color-saddlebrown: #8b4513;
}
/* then use bg-saddlebrown, text-saddlebrown, border-saddlebrown */import SwiftUI
extension Color {
static let saddlebrown = Color(red: 0.545, green: 0.271, blue: 0.075)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
val Saddlebrown = Color(0xFF8B4513)import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
const saddlebrown = Color(0xFF8B4513);<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="saddlebrown">#8B4513</color>Frequently asked questions
- What is the hex code for saddlebrown?
- The hex code for saddlebrown is #8B4513. The same color is rgb(139, 69, 19), hsl(25, 76%, 31%) and oklch(47.1% 0.112 50.8), and in CSS you can also write the keyword saddlebrown directly.
- Is saddlebrown a warm or cool color?
- SaddleBrown is a warm color: its hue is 25° on the HSL wheel, in the red, orange and yellow range (0° to about 70°, plus reds above 330°) that is conventionally called warm.
- What colors go with saddlebrown?
- Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, saddlebrown's complementary color is #00658E (close to teal), its analogous colors are #8F3D3F and #7B5200, and its triadic partners are #006E52 and #5C4E95. For text on top, white gives the higher contrast.
- Can you use white text on saddlebrown?
- White text on saddlebrown has a contrast ratio of 7.09:1, which passes both AA and AAA under WCAG 2.2. Black text reaches 2.95:1 and fails AA even for large text. In APCA terms that is Lc −89.1 for white and Lc 19.9 for black.
- What is the RGB value of saddlebrown?
- SaddleBrown is rgb(139, 69, 19): red 139, green 69 and blue 19 on the 0 to 255 scale, or 54.5%, 27.1% and 7.5%. As a decimal integer it is 9127187.
Last reviewed by Arielton Oberek.