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#F4A460 Sandy Brown

#F4A460 is Sandy Brown.

#F4A460

Sandy Brown

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #F4A460?

HEX
#F4A460
RGB
rgb(244, 164, 96)
HSL
hsl(28, 87%, 67%)
OKLCH
oklch(78.4% 0.127 60)
CMYK
0, 33, 61, 4

#F4A460 has a contrast ratio of 2.03:1 against white and 10.33:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #F4A460
#F4A460
Same color
White
2.0Fail
Near-black
8.6AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #F4A460 · 8.6:1

Tints and shades of #F4A460

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #FFF3E9
  2. #FFC99E
  3. #F4A460
  4. #D1843F
  5. #B1671B
  6. #8E4D00
  7. #693700
  8. #462300
  9. #251000

Colors that go with #F4A460

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. No two swatches become hard to tell apart here.

Export

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:root {
  --sandy-brown-1: #F4A460; /* Sandy Brown */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #F4A460

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (34)

Gradients (9)

Mesh gradients (9)