Saddle Brown color: #8b4513
The CSS keyword saddlebrown is #8b4513, rgb(139, 69, 19) or hsl(25, 76%, 31%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Saddle Brown
Saddle Brown is a dark orange. Its hue sits at 51° in OKLCH and 25° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword saddlebrown comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Saddle Brown tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding saddlebrown’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 700 (#7e3f12), the one outlined; step 500 is #bb7143.
Harmonies built on Saddle Brown
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps saddlebrown’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #006486, closest to the named color teal.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Saddle Brown on white and on black
White text reads better on saddlebrown (7.09:1). As a text color it is readable on a white page (7.09:1, AAA). AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Saddle Brown
Open saddlebrown in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --saddlebrown-50 … --saddlebrown-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.