Sandybrown#F4A460
#F4A460 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F4A460 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(244, 164, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 87%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 60.7%, 4.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.95, 23.03, 46.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.95, 52.15, 63.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.4% 0.064 0.1096) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.4% 0.127 59.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.6985, 46.6331, 17.2897) |
| Luminance | 0.4663 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 0.00
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.66
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.26
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.24
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.97
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F4A460 #60B0F4
analogous
#F46066 #F4A460 #F4EE60
triadic
#F4A460 #60F4A4 #A460F4
tetradic
#F4A460 #66F460 #60B0F4 #EE60F4
square
#F4A460 #66F460 #60B0F4 #EE60F4
split-complementary
#F4A460 #60F4EE #6066F4
monochromatic
#CC650E #F08327 #F4A460 #F8C599 #FCE6D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#F4A460 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.33
#F4A460 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F4A460
10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F4A460 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F4A460 | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.33 | 10.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAB5A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBD61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f4a460; /* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 164, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 59.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcbf8f',
500: '#f4a460',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f4a460; $custom-light: #fcbf8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f4a460",
"rgb": {
"r": 244,
"g": 164,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.568,
"s": 87.059,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.784,
"c": 0.12691,
"h": 59.7
},
"luminance": 0.46629
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F4A460
secondary
#C0DAF0
accent
#7CE402
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D