Saddle Brown Color

#583401

Saddle Brown is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #a7cbfe
Complementary Color #002458
Color Shade: orange (35.17° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 17.45% (better contrasting with white)
Saddle Brown Color Sample
Saddle Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #583401

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Saddle Brown Color. The Hazelnut Chocolate color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Madras (#3f3002) for more calm effect. Try Dark Ebony as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#002458 is the best complementary color to Saddle Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #583401 complementary color is Prussian Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Saddle Brown are #580800 and #505800. Thus found on the left and right of #583401 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rosewood and Verdun Green colors as they work well with Saddle Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Saddle Brown palette consists of #080058 and #005058 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#002458). Try Stratos and Sherpa Blue colors in combination with #583401, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #583401 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Saddle Brown. Thus Ripe Plum and Fun Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Saddle Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Prussian Blue, Camarone, and Pompadour split by 90° on the color wheel. #583401 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Saddle Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#002458) and two others. The Fun Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Castro – 120° from the complementary Prussian Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #005834 and #580025.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #583401 is made of 62% red, 37% green and 1% blue. In a HSL mode Saddle Brown has a hue angle of 35.17°, a saturation of 97.75% and a lightness of 17.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #583401 is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 34.12% yellow and 65.49% black ink.

HEX #583401
RGB Decimal rgb(88,52,1)
RGB Percentage 62%, 37%, 1%
CMYK 0, 14.12, 34.12, 65.49
HSL hsl(35.17,97.75%,17.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.17,98.86%,34.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.3602,12.2386,34.7631)
XYZ xyz(5.258,4.5329,0.6265)
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