Sand color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around sand. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Sand is #C2B280 — light muted yellow. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and sand color palettes to copy.

Sand hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#C2B280
HEX
#C2B280
RGB
rgb(194, 178, 128)
HSL
hsl(45, 35%, 63%)
OKLCH
oklch(76.5% 0.069 92.4)
On white
2.11:1
On black
9.97:1

Shades of sand

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Sand on white measures 2.11:1 and on black 9.97:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.27:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:taupe, brown, tan, tuscan, clay, umber. See every shade on the colors index.