Sandy brown

#fc9d5f

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Sandy brown color values

Every conversion for #fc9d5f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc9d5f

RGB252, 157, 95

HSL24, 96%, 68%

HSV24, 62%, 99%

CMYK0%, 38%, 62%, 1%

Lab73.31, 29.85, 46.76

XYZ54.27, 45.64, 16.77

Decimal16555359

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone163 C

Shades of sandy brown

#fb8a40 #fb7721 #f76505 #d85804 #b94b03 #9a3f03 #7b3202 #5c2502 #3d1901 #1e0c01

Tints of sandy brown

#fca66d #fdae7b #fdb78a #fdc098 #fdc9a6 #fed1b4 #fedac3 #fee3d1 #feecdf #fff4ed

Colors that go with sandy brown

Complementary#5fbefc Analogous#fc5f6f Analogous#fcec5f Triadic#5ffc9d Triadic#9d5ffc Split complementary#5ffcec Split complementary#5f6ffc

Sandy brown in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 62, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc9d5f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 62 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 61 7

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 #fc9d5f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc9d5f; }
.text { color: #fc9d5f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc9d5f; }

How sandy brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Sandy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #fc9d5f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc9d5f 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 #fc9d5f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #fc9d5f 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 sandy brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #fc9d5f 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.