Colour reference

Sandy Brown

#e9c46a

RGB: rgb(233 196 106)
HSL: 43°, 74%, 66%
OKLCh: 83.4% 0.117 87.4

Sandy Brown in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#e9c46a`
RGB	`rgb(233 196 106)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(233, 196, 106)`
RGB percent	`rgb(91.37% 76.86% 41.57%)`
HSL	`hsl(42.5 74.3% 66.5%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(42.5, 74.3%, 66.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(42.5, 54.5%, 91.4%)`
HWB	`hwb(42.5 41.6% 8.6%)`
Nearest name	`burlywood (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 54.5%, 8.6%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(83.419% 0.11701 87.428)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(83.419% 0.00525 0.11689)`
CIE LCh	`lch(81.058% 50.049 83.377)`
CIE Lab	`lab(81.058% 5.773 49.715)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.8902 0.774 0.4674)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8365 0.7513 0.4226)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.8148 0.552 0.1441)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.5594 0.5785 0.2185)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.914, 0.769, 0.416)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.815, 0.552, 0.144)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.914, 0.769, 0.416, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.815, 0.552, 0.144, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(233, 196, 106)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.914, 0.769, 0.416)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.815, 0.552, 0.144)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.914, 0.769, 0.416, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.914, 0.769, 0.416, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.914, 0.769, 0.416)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.914, 0.769, 0.416, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.815, 0.552, 0.144)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.914f, 0.769f, 0.416f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(233, 196, 106, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.8148f, 0.552f, 0.1441f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(233, 196, 106, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.914, 0.769, 0.416, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFE9C46A)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(233, 196, 106)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.914, green: 0.769, blue: 0.416)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.914, green: 0.769, blue: 0.416, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xE9C46A`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFE9C46A`
Array 0–1	`[0.914, 0.769, 0.416]`
Array 0–255	`[233, 196, 106]`
Decimal integer	`15320170`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Sandy Brown on white	1.67:1	Fail	Lc 29	Not usable for text
Sandy Brown on black	12.57:1	AAA	Lc 73	Headings and large text

Sandy Brown text on a white background

Sandy Brown text on a black background

White text on Sandy Brown

Black text on Sandy Brown

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#fff5bd
100#ffeba6
200#f8d990
300#e3c273
400#c7a54e
500#a98626
600#8e6c00
700#745600
800#5e4300
900#4b3400
950#2d1c00

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#edce86
Tint 2#f1d89f
Tint 3#f4e2b8
Tint 4#f8ecd0
Tint 5#fbf5e7
Shade 1#b79952
Shade 2#87703a
Shade 3#5a4a24
Shade 4#312710
Shade 5#0c0802

Colours that work with Sandy Brown

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#abc7ff
#59def0
#f2adf0
#ffb57a
#c3d378

Closest CSS names

burlywoodΔEok 0.054
tanΔEok 0.074
darkkhakiΔEok 0.076
sandybrownΔEok 0.078
orangeΔEok 0.080
khakiΔEok 0.085