Saddle Brown is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #74baec |
| Complementary Color | #12588b |
| Color Shade: | warm red (25° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 30.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Saddle Brown Color. The Pumpkin Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Grizzly (#885818) for more calm effect. Try Meatloaf as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#12588b is the best complementary color to Saddle Brown. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b4513 complementary color is Matisse, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Copper Canyon are #8b121c and #8b8112. Thus found on the left and right of #8b4513 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tamarillo and Hacienda colors as they work well with Saddle Brown.
The split-complementary Saddle Brown palette consists of #121c8b and #128b81 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#12588b). Try Deep Koamaru and Surfie Green colors in combination with #8b4513, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #8b4513 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Saddle Brown. Thus Persian Indigo and Salem giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Saddle Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Matisse, La Palma, and Seance split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b4513 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Saddle Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#12588b) and two others. The Salem is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Disco – 120° from the complementary Matisse. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #128b45 and #8b1258.
In a RGB color space, hex #8b4513 is made of 61% red, 30% green and 8% blue. In a HSL mode Saddle Brown has a hue angle of 25°, a saturation of 75.95% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b4513 is made of 0% cyan, 27.45% magenta, 47.06% yellow and 45.49% black ink.
| HEX | #8b4513 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(139,69,19) |
| RGB Percentage | 61%, 30%, 8% |
| CMYK | 0, 27.45, 47.06, 45.49 |
| HSL | hsl(25,75.95%,30.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(25,86.33%,54.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.4669,26.4465,40.9854) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.8931,9.7922,1.8266) |