Sienna

#9e5b4e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for sienna, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Sienna, a soft red sitting at 10 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Sienna color values

Every conversion for #9e5b4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e5b4e

RGB158, 91, 78

HSL10, 34%, 46%

HSV10, 51%, 62%

CMYK0%, 42%, 51%, 38%

Lab46.04, 26.03, 19.38

XYZ19.22, 15.3, 9.15

Decimal10378062

Web safe#996666

Pantone696 C

Shades of sienna

#905347 #824b40 #75433a #673b33 #59332c #4b2b25 #3e241e #301c18 #221411 #140c0a

Tints of sienna

#ad6659 #b5766a #be867b #c6968c #cfa59d #d7b5ae #e0c5c0 #e8d5d1 #f1e4e2 #f9f4f3

Colors that go with sienna

Complementary#4e919e Analogous#9e4e69 Analogous#9e834e Triadic#4e9e5b Triadic#5b4e9e Split complementary#4e9e83 Split complementary#4e699e

Sienna in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 51, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e5b4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 51 38

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 51 44

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Sienna in css

Copy #9e5b4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e5b4e; }
.text { color: #9e5b4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e5b4e; }

How sienna looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sienna and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e5b4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e5b4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sienna on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9e5b4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sienna? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn sienna into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9e5b4e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from sienna, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9e5b4e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.