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Sandy Brown #C4A661

#C4A661oklch(0.7369 0.0949 86.6)

Sandy Brown (#C4A661) is a light muted yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 73.7%, chroma 0.095 and hue 86.6°; its relative luminance is 39.9%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 58, WCAG 8.97:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).

#C4A661 in every format

HEX#C4A661
RGBrgb(196 166 97)
HSLhsl(41.8 45.6% 57.5%)
HSB / HSVhsb(41.8 50.5% 76.9%)
HWBhwb(41.8 38.0% 23.1%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/15/51/23)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(22/31/68/8)
CIELAB (D50)lab(69.71 4.89 39.74)
LChlch(69.71 40.04 83.0)
OKLaboklab(0.7369 0.0057 0.0947)
OKLCHoklch(0.7369 0.0949 86.6)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.38558 0.39872 0.16975)
CIE xyYxyY(0.4041 0.4179 0.3987)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.7495 0.6553 0.4181)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.55201 0.38133 0.11954)
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Text on #C4A661

White textWCAG 2.34:1 · APCA Lc 51
Black textWCAG 8.97:1 · APCA Lc 58

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#C4A661normal
#B5A55Bprotanopia
#BCAD63deuteranopia
#D29B95tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#FFEBA4
#F3D48E
#D8BA75
#BFA15C
#A58843
#8D7029
#755909
#5E4300
#452E00
#2D1C00
#170B00

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#C4A661
#8EA8E6
Analogous
#C4A661
#D89A6E
#A6B26B
Triadic
#C4A661
#56BBC8
#CA95CA
Split complementary
#C4A661
#6CB3DE
#AF9DDF
Tetradic
#C4A661
#61BEA8
#8EA8E6
#DA91AB

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