CSS named color

Saddle Brown #8B4513

Saddle Brown is vivid orange. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Saddle Brown used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
7.10:1

On white

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
2.96:1

On black

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Saddle Brown — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Saddle Brown by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#8B4513 ≈ Sienna #13598B ≈ Teal

Analogous

#8B131D ≈ Dark Red #8B4513 ≈ Sienna #8B8113 ≈ Olive

Triadic

#8B4513 ≈ Sienna #138B45 ≈ Sea Green #45138B ≈ Indigo

Split-complementary

#8B4513 ≈ Sienna #138B81 ≈ Dark Cyan #131D8B ≈ Midnight Blue

Tetradic

#8B4513 ≈ Sienna #1D8B13 ≈ Forest Green #13598B ≈ Teal #81138B ≈ Dark Magenta

Use Saddle Brown in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#8b4513], border-[#8b4513].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Saddle Brown into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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