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Saddle Brown Palette

Saddle Brown Palette: #8B4513, #13598B, #8B131D, #8B8113. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Saddle Brown Palette assigns primary #8B4513, secondary #13598B, surface #8B131D, background #8B8113, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #8B131D at 0.0604 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 2 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Saddle Brown Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#8B4513Saddle Brown
Secondary#13598B#13598B
Surface#8B131D#8B131D
Background#8B8113#8B8113
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-saddle-brown-primary: #8B4513;
--palette-saddle-brown-secondary: #13598B;
--palette-saddle-brown-surface: #8B131D;
--palette-saddle-brown-background: #8B8113;
--palette-saddle-brown-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Saddle Brown Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#8B4513
Black 2.96:1 · White 7.1:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#13598B
Black 2.83:1 · White 7.42:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#8B131D
Black 2.21:1 · White 9.51:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#8B8113
Black 5.25:1 · White 4:1
Best #000000
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Saddle Brown Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Saddle Brown Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Saddle Brown Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0979
Black text2.96:1AA Fail
White text7.1:1AA Pass
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#8B4513",
    "name": "Saddle Brown"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#13598B",
    "name": "#13598B"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8B131D",
    "name": "#8B131D"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8B8113",
    "name": "#8B8113"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#8B4513",
    "name": "Saddle Brown",
    "blackContrast": 2.96,
    "whiteContrast": 7.1,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#13598B",
    "name": "#13598B",
    "blackContrast": 2.83,
    "whiteContrast": 7.42,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8B131D",
    "name": "#8B131D",
    "blackContrast": 2.21,
    "whiteContrast": 9.51,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8B8113",
    "name": "#8B8113",
    "blackContrast": 5.25,
    "whiteContrast": 4,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "saddle brown palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-saddle-brown-primary: #8B4513;\n--palette-saddle-brown-secondary: #13598B;\n--palette-saddle-brown-surface: #8B131D;\n--palette-saddle-brown-background: #8B8113;\n--palette-saddle-brown-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "saddle-brown",
  "name": "Saddle Brown Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "saddle-brown",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Saddle Brown, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Saddle Brown Palette combines primary #8B4513, secondary #13598B, surface #8B131D, background #8B8113, accent #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a orange palette, blue palette, red palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "saddle brown palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8B4513",
      "slug": "saddle-brown",
      "name": "Saddle Brown",
      "rgb": [
        139,
        69,
        19
      ],
      "hsl": [
        25,
        76,
        31
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        50,
        86,
        45
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0979,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.96,
        "white": 7.1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/saddle-brown/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#13598B",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#13598B",
      "rgb": [
        19,
        89,
        139
      ],
      "hsl": [
        205,
        76,
        31
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        86,
        36,
        0,
        45
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0915,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.83,
        "white": 7.42
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8B131D",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8B131D",
      "rgb": [
        139,
        19,
        29
      ],
      "hsl": [
        355,
        76,
        31
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        86,
        79,
        45
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0604,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.21,
        "white": 9.51
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8B8113",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8B8113",
      "rgb": [
        139,
        129,
        19
      ],
      "hsl": [
        55,
        76,
        31
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        7,
        86,
        45
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2124,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.25,
        "white": 4
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8B4513",
      "name": "Saddle Brown"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#13598B",
      "name": "#13598B"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8B131D",
      "name": "#8B131D"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8B8113",
      "name": "#8B8113"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8B4513",
      "name": "Saddle Brown",
      "blackContrast": 2.96,
      "whiteContrast": 7.1,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#13598B",
      "name": "#13598B",
      "blackContrast": 2.83,
      "whiteContrast": 7.42,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8B131D",
      "name": "#8B131D",
      "blackContrast": 2.21,
      "whiteContrast": 9.51,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8B8113",
      "name": "#8B8113",
      "blackContrast": 5.25,
      "whiteContrast": 4,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-saddle-brown-primary: #8B4513;\n--palette-saddle-brown-secondary: #13598B;\n--palette-saddle-brown-surface: #8B131D;\n--palette-saddle-brown-background: #8B8113;\n--palette-saddle-brown-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/saddle-brown.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/saddle-brown/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/saddle-brown.json"
}
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