Sandy brown

#e2a464

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

Sandy brown is a mid orange with grounded warmth. 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 #e2a464, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2a464
RGB226, 164, 100
HSL30, 68%, 64%
HSV30, 56%, 89%
CMYK0%, 27%, 56%, 11%
Lab71.99, 15.96, 41.92
XYZ46.94, 43.64, 18.01
Decimal14853220
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone157 C
Pantone157 CHex#e2a464Rgb226 164 100Cmyk0 27 56 11Lab72 16 42Darker#9a5d1dDeep#d68128Lighter#e9c7a4

Shades of sandy brown

Tints of sandy brown

Colors that go with sandy brown

Sandy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 56, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2a464 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 27 56 11
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 29 56 17
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 #e2a464 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2a464; }
.text { color: #e2a464; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2a464; }

How sandy brown looks on light and dark

Sandy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e2a464 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.16:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.73:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2a464 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 #e2a464 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 #e2a464 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 #e2a464 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.