Sienna

#985d4e

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

Sienna is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Sienna color values

Every conversion for #985d4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#985d4e

RGB152, 93, 78

HSL12, 32%, 45%

HSV12, 49%, 60%

CMYK0%, 39%, 49%, 40%

Lab45.71, 22.41, 18.78

XYZ18.24, 15.05, 9.15

Decimal9985358

Web safe#996666

Pantone4705 C

Shades of sienna

#8b5547 #7e4d40 #70453a #633d33 #56352c #492d25 #3c251f #2f1c18 #211411 #140c0a

Tints of sienna

#a96857 #b27769 #bb877a #c4978b #cca69d #d5b6ae #dec6bf #e7d5d1 #f0e5e2 #f9f4f3

Colors that go with sienna

Complementary#4e8998 Analogous#984e64 Analogous#98824e Triadic#4e985d Triadic#5d4e98 Split complementary#4e9882 Split complementary#4e6498

Sienna 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, 39, 49, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #985d4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 49 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 49 46

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.

Sienna in css

Copy #985d4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #985d4e; }
.text { color: #985d4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #985d4e; }

How sienna looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sienna and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #985d4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #985d4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sienna on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #985d4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sienna? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn sienna into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #985d4e 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 sienna, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #985d4e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.