CSS named color

Sandy Brown #F4A460

The CSS keyword sandybrown is #F4A460. It is a light soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.784, chroma 0.127 and hue 59.7°.

Relative luminance: 0.4663
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.784 · 0.127 · 59.7
Best text: Black 10.32:1
Hue family: Orange

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#F4A460 color codes

HEX: #F4A460
RGB: rgb(244, 164, 96)
HSL: hsl(28, 87%, 67%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.784 0.127 59.7)
OKLab: oklab(0.784 0.064 0.110)
CIELAB (D65): L* 73.95, a* 23.03, b* 46.79
XYZ (D65): X 52.70, Y 46.63, Z 17.29
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 33%, 61%, 4%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #F4A460 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.32:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.03:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

10.32:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +64
White text on it

2.03:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −43
As text on black

10.32:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −63
As text on white

2.03:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +39

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#AE6316 4.56:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.78 to 0.57 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#F4A460 10.32:1

It already reaches 10.32:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #F4A460 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #F4A460

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F4A460 sits at step 300.

50#FFF3E9

White
1.09
Black
19.24
100#FFE6D3

White
1.19
Black
17.51
200#FFCCA4

White
1.45
Black
14.42
300This color#F4A460

White
2.03
Black
10.32
400#DA8D4A

White
2.66
Black
7.88
500#BD7129

White
3.77
Black
5.55
600#A35902

White
5.26
Black
3.98
700#834600

White
7.39
Black
2.84
800#603200

White
10.74
Black
1.95
900#401F00

White
14.85
Black
1.41
950#251000

White
18.21
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #F4A460 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.153; #F4A460 uses 83% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.193 there: 26% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.127
sRGB edge: 0.153
Display P3 edge: 0.193
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.214
Dominant wavelength: 586 nm
Excitation purity: 59%
Chromaticity: x 0.4519, y 0.3999

This color#F4A460
Most vivid in sRGB#FF9E45
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.784 0.193 59.7)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #f4a460;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.6055 0.1787); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #F4A460

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FAD2B0
OKLab50%#FCD2B2
OKLCH50%#FCD2B2

Black #000000

sRGB50%#7A5230
OKLab50%#5E3D20
OKLCH50%#5E3D20

Its complement #67C3FF

sRGB50%#AEB4B0
OKLab50%#B9B8B7
OKLCH50%#7BCF8D

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f4a460, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f4a460 50%, white);

In use

#F4A460 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:110.32:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.03:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.03:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.03:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AE6316 4.56:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:110.32:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.21:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:19.21:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.21:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F4A460 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.3; protanopia changes it least, 19.2.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#BCAB5A ΔE2000 19.2

Distinct

Reads as light soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#CFBD61 ΔE2000 19.8

Distinct

Reads as light soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FF9394 ΔE2000 22.5

Distinct

Reads as light soft red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#B6B6B6 ΔE2000 24.3

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #67C3FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#F4A460 · #67C3FF	45.9	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#BCAB5A · #A8C3FF	45.6	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#CFBD61 · #93B3FE	50.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FF9394 · #00D2D7	54.6	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#B6B6B6 · #BABABA	1.1	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F4A460

Its complement is #67C3FF, a light soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#F4A460
Complement#67C3FF

Complementary

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−30°#FF9888
Base#F4A460
+30°#D8B44E

Analogous

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Base#F4A460
+120°#3FD3BB
+240°#C5A6FE

Triadic

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Base#F4A460
+150°#2FCEE5
+210°#9DB5FF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-sandybrown: #f4a460;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        sandybrown: '#f4a460',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-sandybrown: oklch(0.784 0.127 59.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "sandybrown": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9569, 0.6431, 0.3765],
        "hex": "#f4a460"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color sandybrown"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let sandybrown = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.957, green: 0.643, blue: 0.376, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Sandybrown = Color(0xFFF4A460)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Sandy Brown #F4A460

#F4A460 color codes

Contrast: is #F4A460 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #F4A460 live

Shades and tints of #F4A460

How vivid #F4A460 can get

Mixing #F4A460

#F4A460 in an interface

How #F4A460 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #F4A460

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #F4A460 in the tools