Sandy brown

#eaa975

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 confident 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 #eaa975, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eaa975
RGB234, 169, 117
HSL27, 74%, 69%
HSV27, 50%, 92%
CMYK0%, 28%, 50%, 8%
Lab74.29, 18.01, 36.17
XYZ51.33, 47.15, 23.23
Decimal15378805
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone472 C
Pantone472 CHex#eaa975Rgb234 169 117Cmyk0 28 50 8Lab74 18 36Darker#b5601bDeep#e18237Lighter#f0d0b6

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, 28, 50, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eaa975 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 28 50 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 30 50 14
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #eaa975 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eaa975; }
.text { color: #eaa975; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eaa975; }

How sandy brown looks on light and dark

Sandy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eaa975 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.01:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.43:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eaa975 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 #eaa975 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 #eaa975 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 #eaa975 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.