Sandy brown

#d8a073

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

This is Sandy brown, a strong orange at 27 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Sandy brown color values

Every conversion for #d8a073, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8a073
RGB216, 160, 115
HSL27, 56%, 65%
HSV27, 47%, 85%
CMYK0%, 26%, 47%, 15%
Lab70.16, 15.36, 31.53
XYZ43.98, 40.98, 21.81
Decimal14196851
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone472 C
Pantone472 CHex#d8a073Rgb216 160 115Cmyk0 26 47 15Lab70 15 32Darker#935829Deep#c87a3bLighter#e5c6ae

Shades of sandy brown

Tints of sandy brown

Colors that go with sandy brown

Sandy brown 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, 26, 47, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8a073 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 26 47 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 28 47 21
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.

Sandy brown in css

Copy #d8a073 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8a073; }
.text { color: #d8a073; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8a073; }

How sandy brown looks on light and dark

Sandy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d8a073 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.20:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8a073 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sandy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d8a073 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

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

Turn sandy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d8a073 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #d8a073 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.