Sandy brown

#dca35a

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

This is Sandy brown, a strong orange at 34 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Sandy brown color values

Every conversion for #dca35a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca35a

RGB220, 163, 90

HSL34, 65%, 61%

HSV34, 59%, 86%

CMYK0%, 26%, 59%, 14%

Lab70.97, 13.24, 45.6

XYZ44.46, 42.15, 15.47

Decimal14459738

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone157 C

Shades of sandy brown

#d79643 #d2892c #bb7a28 #a46b23 #8c5c1e #754d19 #5e3e14 #472f0f #30200a #191105

Tints of sandy brown

#dfab69 #e2b478 #e6bc87 #e9c596 #eccda5 #efd5b4 #f2dec3 #f6e6d2 #f9eee1 #fcf7f0

Colors that go with sandy brown

Complementary#5a93dc Analogous#dc625a Analogous#d4dc5a Triadic#5adca3 Triadic#a35adc Split complementary#5ad4dc Split complementary#625adc

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, 59, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca35a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 59 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 58 20

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 #dca35a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca35a; }
.text { color: #dca35a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca35a; }

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 #dca35a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca35a 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 #dca35a 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 #dca35a 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 #dca35a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.