CSS named colour

Sandy Brown

#f4a460

A CSS named colour: sandybrown is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(244 164 96)
HSL: 28°, 87%, 67%
OKLCh: 78.4% 0.127 59.7

Sandy Brown in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#f4a460`
RGB	`rgb(244 164 96)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(244, 164, 96)`
RGB percent	`rgb(95.69% 64.31% 37.65%)`
HSL	`hsl(27.6 87.1% 66.7%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(27.6, 87.1%, 66.7%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(27.6, 60.7%, 95.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(27.6 37.6% 4.3%)`
Nearest name	`sandybrown`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 60.7%, 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(78.4% 0.12691 59.71)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(78.4% 0.06401 0.10959)`
CIE LCh	`lch(74.477% 53.91 61.501)`
CIE Lab	`lab(74.477% 25.723 47.378)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.9113 0.6568 0.422)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8339 0.6328 0.372)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.9047 0.3712 0.117)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.5269 0.4663 0.1729)`

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

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.957, 0.643, 0.376)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.905, 0.371, 0.117)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.957, 0.643, 0.376, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.905, 0.371, 0.117, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(244, 164, 96)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.957, 0.643, 0.376)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.905, 0.371, 0.117)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.957, 0.643, 0.376, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.957, 0.643, 0.376, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.957, 0.643, 0.376)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.957, 0.643, 0.376, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.905, 0.371, 0.117)`

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

Unity Color	`new Color(0.957f, 0.643f, 0.376f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(244, 164, 96, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.9047f, 0.3712f, 0.117f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(244, 164, 96, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.957, 0.643, 0.376, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFF4A460)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(244, 164, 96)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.957, green: 0.643, blue: 0.376)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.957, green: 0.643, blue: 0.376, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xF4A460`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFF4A460`
Array 0–1	`[0.957, 0.643, 0.376]`
Array 0–255	`[244, 164, 96]`
Decimal integer	`16032864`

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	2.03:1	Fail	Lc 39	Non-text elements only
Sandy Brown on black	10.33:1	AAA	Lc 63	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#fff2dc
100#ffe5c6
200#ffce9c
300#fdb478
400#e19554
500#c2762f
600#a55d11
700#894700
800#703500
900#5c2700
950#381200

Tints and shades

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

Tint 1#f7b47d
Tint 2#fac398
Tint 3#fcd2b2
Tint 4#fde1cc
Tint 5#fef0e5
Shade 1#bf804a
Shade 2#8d5d34
Shade 3#5e3d20
Shade 4#331f0e
Shade 5#0d0602

Colours that work with Sandy Brown

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

#63c3ff
#3fd3bb
#c5a6fe
#ff9888
#d8b44e

Closest CSS names

sandybrownexact match
lightsalmonΔEok 0.039
orangeΔEok 0.053
darksalmonΔEok 0.056
burlywoodΔEok 0.058
darkorangeΔEok 0.062