Sienna

#a15321

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

Sienna sits in the orange range, deep and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Sienna color values

Every conversion for #a15321, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a15321

RGB161, 83, 33

HSL23, 66%, 38%

HSV23, 80%, 63%

CMYK0%, 48%, 80%, 37%

Lab44.05, 28.64, 42.04

XYZ18.07, 13.87, 3.16

Decimal10572577

Web safe#996633

Pantone470 C

Shades of sienna

#934c1e #86451b #783e19 #6b3716 #5d3013 #502910 #42220e #351b0b #271408 #190d05

Tints of sienna

#ba6026 #d26d2b #d87d43 #de8e5c #e39f74 #e8b18d #edc2a6 #f2d3bf #f7e4d7 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with sienna

Complementary#216fa1 Analogous#a1212f Analogous#a19321 Triadic#21a153 Triadic#5321a1 Split complementary#21a193 Split complementary#212fa1

Sienna in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 80, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a15321 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 80 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 78 43

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 #a15321 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a15321; }
.text { color: #a15321; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a15321; }

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 #a15321 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a15321 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 #a15321 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 #a15321 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 #a15321 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.