Saddle Brown

About Saddle Brown

Saddle Brown is the hex color #8B4513, which translates to rgb(139, 69, 19) in RGB and hsl(25, 76%, 31%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 25 degrees, with a saturation of 76 percent and a lightness of 31 percent. That combination gives Saddle Brown a saturated mid tone: strong enough for buttons and links, still calm enough for larger areas.

How Saddle Brown compares

Saddle Brown is exactly the CSS keyword saddlebrown, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is amber-900 (#7B3306), at a distance of 7.3. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Chocolate Traditional at 6.4. Sorted by lightness, Saddle Brown is number 8 of the 27 brown colors here.

Text on Saddle Brown

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Saddle Brown, led by White at 7.10:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Saddle Brown already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Saddle Brown

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Saddle Brown for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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