Colour reference

Sandy Tan

#f4a261

RGB: rgb(244 162 97)
HSL: 27°, 87%, 67%
OKLCh: 78.1% 0.127 57.9

Sandy Tan in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#f4a261`
RGB	`rgb(244 162 97)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(244, 162, 97)`
RGB percent	`rgb(95.69% 63.53% 38.04%)`
HSL	`hsl(26.5 87% 66.9%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(26.5, 87%, 66.9%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(26.5, 60.2%, 95.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(26.5 38% 4.3%)`
Nearest name	`sandybrown`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 60.2%, 4.3%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

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

OKLCh	`oklch(78.057% 0.12689 57.856)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(78.057% 0.06751 0.10744)`
CIE LCh	`lch(74.032% 53.547 59.999)`
CIE Lab	`lab(74.032% 26.774 46.373)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.9104 0.6494 0.4242)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.832 0.6254 0.374)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.9047 0.3613 0.1195)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.5238 0.4594 0.1742)`

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

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.957, 0.635, 0.38)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.905, 0.361, 0.12)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.957, 0.635, 0.38, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.905, 0.361, 0.12, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(244, 162, 97)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.957, 0.635, 0.38)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.905, 0.361, 0.12)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.957, 0.635, 0.38, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.957, 0.635, 0.38, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.957, 0.635, 0.38)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.957, 0.635, 0.38, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.905, 0.361, 0.12)`

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

Unity Color	`new Color(0.957f, 0.635f, 0.38f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(244, 162, 97, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.9047f, 0.3613f, 0.1195f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(244, 162, 97, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.957, 0.635, 0.38, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFF4A261)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(244, 162, 97)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.957, green: 0.635, blue: 0.38)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.957, green: 0.635, blue: 0.38, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xF4A261`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFF4A261`
Array 0–1	`[0.957, 0.635, 0.38]`
Array 0–255	`[244, 162, 97]`
Decimal integer	`16032353`

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 Tan on white	2.06:1	Fail	Lc 40	Non-text elements only
Sandy Tan on black	10.19:1	AAA	Lc 62	Headings and large text

Sandy Tan text on a white background

Sandy Tan text on a black background

White text on Sandy Tan

Black text on Sandy Tan

Tonal scale

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

50#fff1dd
100#ffe5c7
200#ffcd9f
300#feb379
400#e39556
500#c47532
600#a65c15
700#8a4700
800#713500
900#5c2600
950#391100

Tints and shades

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

Tint 1#f7b27d
Tint 2#fac298
Tint 3#fcd1b2
Tint 4#fde1cc
Tint 5#fff0e5
Shade 1#bf7e4a
Shade 2#8d5c35
Shade 3#5e3c21
Shade 4#331f0e
Shade 5#0d0602

Colours that work with Sandy Tan

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

#5fc3ff
#41d2b7
#c1a5fe
#fe978a
#d9b24d

Closest CSS names

sandybrownΔEok 0.005
lightsalmonΔEok 0.036
darksalmonΔEok 0.052
orangeΔEok 0.056
darkorangeΔEok 0.060
burlywoodΔEok 0.061