CSS named color
Saddle Brown #8B4513
The CSS keyword saddlebrown is #8B4513. It is a dark soft brown in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.471, chroma 0.112 and hue 50.8°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.0979
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.471 · 0.112 · 50.8
- Best text
- White 7.09:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#8B4513 color codes
- HEX
#8B4513- RGB
rgb(139, 69, 19)- HSL
hsl(25, 76%, 31%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.471 0.112 50.8)- OKLab
oklab(0.471 0.071 0.087)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 37.47, a* 26.44, b* 40.98- XYZ (D65)
X 12.89, Y 9.79, Z 1.83- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 50%, 86%, 45%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #8B4513 accessible?
White text on it reaches 7.09:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.95:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
2.95:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +19
-
White text on it
7.09:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −89
-
As text on black
2.95:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −17
-
As text on white
7.09:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +84
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8B4513 7.09:1
It already reaches 7.09:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#AB6234 4.52:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.47 to 0.57 reaches 4.52:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #8B4513 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #8B4513
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #8B4513 sits at step 700.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #8B4513 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.123; #8B4513 uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.140 there: 14% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.112
- sRGB edge
- 0.123
- Display P3 edge
- 0.140
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.142
- Dominant wavelength
- 591 nm
- Excitation purity
- 79%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5260, y 0.3995
- This color#8B4513
- Most vivid in sRGB#8F4200
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.471 0.140 50.8)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #8b4513;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5433 0.2576 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #8B4513
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#C5A289
- OKLab50%#C7A08A
- OKLCH50%#C7A08A
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#46230A
- OKLab50%#321503
- OKLCH50%#321503
Its complement #006486
- sRGB50%#46554D
- OKLab50%#5F5A57
- OKLCH50%#38692F
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #8b4513, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #8b4513 50%, white);In use
#8B4513 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:17.09:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.09:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:17.09:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.09:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:17.09:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.63:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.63:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.63:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B56B3E 4.58:1
Color vision
How #8B4513 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.8; tritanopia changes it least, 17.9.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#594E0A ΔE2000 20.9
Distinct
Reads as dark muted brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#6A5E11 ΔE2000 21.6
Distinct
Reads as dark muted brown
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#99353B ΔE2000 17.9
Distinct
Reads as dark soft brown
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#585858 ΔE2000 23.8
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #006486. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #8B4513 · #006486 | 43.1 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #594E0A · #526388 | 39.4 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #6A5E11 · #435885 | 43.0 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #99353B · #006D70 | 47.6 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #585858 · #5D5D5D | 1.8 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #8B4513
Its complement is #006486, a dark muted blue, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#8B4513
- Complement#006486
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#8F3D3F
- Base#8B4513
- +30°#775400
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#8B4513
- +120°#006B54
- +240°#5C4E95
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#8B4513
- +150°#00686D
- +210°#355999
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-saddlebrown: #8b4513;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
saddlebrown: '#8b4513',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-saddlebrown: oklch(0.471 0.112 50.8);
}{
"color": {
"saddlebrown": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5451, 0.2706, 0.0745],
"hex": "#8b4513"
},
"$description": "CSS named color saddlebrown"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let saddlebrown = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.545, green: 0.271, blue: 0.075, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Saddlebrown = Color(0xFF8B4513)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #8B4513 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.