Sandy brown

#ea985d

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 #ea985d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea985d

RGB234, 152, 93

HSL25, 77%, 64%

HSV25, 60%, 92%

CMYK0%, 35%, 60%, 8%

Lab69.99, 25.11, 43.31

XYZ47.14, 40.74, 15.74

Decimal15374429

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone722 C

Shades of sandy brown

#e78743 #e37729 #d3681b #b95b18 #9e4e15 #844111 #6a340e #50270a #351a07 #1b0d04

Tints of sandy brown

#eca16c #eeab7a #f0b489 #f2bd97 #f3c6a6 #f5d0b5 #f7d9c3 #f9e2d2 #fbece1 #fdf5ef

Colors that go with sandy brown

Complementary#5dafea Analogous#ea5d68 Analogous#eade5d Triadic#5dea98 Triadic#985dea Split complementary#5deadf Split complementary#5d68ea

Sandy brown in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 60, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea985d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 60 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 59 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Sandy brown in css

Copy #ea985d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea985d; }
.text { color: #ea985d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea985d; }

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 #ea985d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea985d 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 #ea985d 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 #ea985d 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

Here is how the numbers for #ea985d are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.