Sandy brown

#dda45f

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

Sandy brown sits in the orange range, mid and strong. 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 #dda45f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dda45f

RGB221, 164, 95

HSL33, 65%, 62%

HSV33, 57%, 87%

CMYK0%, 26%, 57%, 13%

Lab71.38, 13.5, 43.61

XYZ45.16, 42.75, 16.7

Decimal14525535

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone157 C

Shades of sandy brown

#d89747 #d38930 #be7a28 #a66b23 #8f5c1e #774d19 #603e14 #482f0f #311f0a #191005

Tints of sandy brown

#e0ac6e #e3b57c #e6bd8b #e9c599 #eccda8 #f0d6b6 #f3dec5 #f6e6d3 #f9eee2 #fcf7f0

Colors that go with sandy brown

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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, 57, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dda45f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 57 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 56 19

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Sandy brown in css

Copy #dda45f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dda45f; }
.text { color: #dda45f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dda45f; }

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 #dda45f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dda45f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sandy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dda45f 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn sandy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dda45f 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 #dda45f 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.