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#f4a460 Sandy Brown

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
  • sandybrown
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#f4a460 (Sandy Brown) is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 64.31% green and 37.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.79% magenta, 60.66% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 27.57°, with 87.06% saturation and 66.67% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4663

Complementary

  1. #f4a460
  2. #60b0f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4a460
  2. #60f4ee
  3. #6066f4

Analogous

  1. #f46066
  2. #f4a460
  3. #f4ee60

Triadic

  1. #f4a460
  2. #60f4a4
  3. #a460f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4a460
  2. #b0f460
  3. #60b0f4
  4. #a460f4

Square

  1. #f4a460
  2. #66f460
  3. #60b0f4
  4. #ee60f4

Monochromatic

  1. #af570c
  2. #ef7b18
  3. #f4a460
  4. #f9cda8
  5. #fef4ec

Shades

#f4a460 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4a460
  2. #dc9456
  3. #c3834d
  4. #ab7343
  5. #92623a
  6. #7a5230
  7. #624226
  8. #49311d
  9. #312113
  10. #18100a
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4a460 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4a460
  2. #f5ad70
  3. #f6b680
  4. #f7bf90
  5. #f8c8a0
  6. #fad2b0
  7. #fbdbbf
  8. #fce4cf
  9. #fdeddf
  10. #fef6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4a460 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4a460
  2. #e8a063
  3. #dd9d66
  4. #d1996a
  5. #c6966d
  6. #ba9270
  7. #ae8e73
  8. #a38b76
  9. #97877a
  10. #8c847d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2af9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcab5a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfbd61 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9394 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5a85c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfb460 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff9a82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4a460 {
  color: #f4a460;
}
Background
.bg-f4a460 {
  background-color: #f4a460;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4a460 {
  border: 2px solid #f4a460;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4a460;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 164 96;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 87% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4a460 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4a460, #f4ee60);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4a460 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 164 96 / 0.35);
}

#e5aa70 Fawn ΔE 4.51 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 4.53 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.51 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.98 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.47 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 7.48 #0b5b9f Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sandy Brown
#f4a460  rgb(244, 164, 96)  hsl(28, 87%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#60b0f4  rgb(96, 176, 244)  hsl(208, 87%, 67%)  Iceberg
#60f4a4  rgb(96, 244, 164)  hsl(148, 87%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green
#a460f4  rgb(164, 96, 244)  hsl(268, 87%, 67%)  Medium Purple