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Saddle Brown

Saddle brown is leather and earth: western, rugged, honest. It grounds rustic palettes and gives craft brands their backbone.

leather goodsrustic brandsoutdoor retail

Values in every format

HEX
#8b4513
RGB
rgb(139, 69, 19)
HSL
hsl(25, 76%, 31%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.471 0.112 50.9)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 86.3%, 45.5%)

Hue family: Brown · closest CSS name: saddlebrown. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #8B4513 itself.

  1. 50#fff5f0
  2. 100#ffe8db
  3. 200#ffd5bd
  4. 300#fcbc97
  5. 400#e89f75
  6. 500#d08457
  7. 600#b86b3b
  8. 700#9b5324
  9. 800 ★#8b4513
  10. 900#632d04
  11. 950#401900

Build a full system from #8B4513

Harmonies with saddle brown

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#8b4513 #13598b

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#8b131d #8b4513 #8b8113

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#8b4513 #138b45 #45138b

Measured contrast

on white7.1:1 · AA normal ✓
on black2.96:1 · fails AA

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