Sandy brown

#ffb980

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

Sandy brown is a light orange with relaxed warmth. 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.

Sandy brown color values

Every conversion for #ffb980, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffb980

RGB255, 185, 128

HSL27, 100%, 75%

HSV27, 50%, 100%

CMYK0%, 27%, 50%, 0%

Lab80.47, 18.94, 38.8

XYZ62.49, 57.52, 28.23

Decimal16759168

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone1485 C

Shades of sandy brown

#ffa65d #ff923a #ff7f16 #f26d00 #cf5d00 #ac4d00 #883d00 #652d00 #421e00 #1f0e00

Tints of sandy brown

#ffbf8b #ffc596 #ffcba1 #ffd1ac #ffd7b7 #ffddc1 #ffe3cc #ffe9d7 #ffefe2 #fff5ed

Colors that go with sandy brown

Complementary#80c6ff Analogous#ff8086 Analogous#fff980 Triadic#80ffb9 Triadic#b980ff Split complementary#80fff9 Split complementary#8086ff

Sandy brown in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 50, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffb980 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 50 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 50 6

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 #ffb980 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffb980; }
.text { color: #ffb980; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffb980; }

How sandy brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sandy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ffb980 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffb980 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 #ffb980 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 #ffb980 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 #ffb980 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.