Dark Sand #A88F59

About this color

#A88F59 is a medium-light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 66%, its chroma 0.078 and its hue 86°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dark Sand. Black text reads best on it, at 6.73:1.

Colors that go with Dark Sand

Matches found by rotating Dark Sand around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dark Sand

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dark Sand, closest first.

• Amethyst Reserve
• Alexandrite Treasury
• Sapphire Casket
• Tourmaline Clasp
• Garnet Treasury
• Harvest Evening
• Umber Table
• Pandan Steam

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dark Sand, with their ΔE distance.

• Dark Beige #AC9362 ΔE 0.015
• Dark Tan #AF884A ΔE 0.021
• Pale Brown #B1916E ΔE 0.031
• Light Brown #AD8150 ΔE 0.036
• Coffee #A6814C ΔE 0.037
• Dust #B2996E ΔE 0.037
• Tan Brown #AB7E4C ΔE 0.043
• Puce #A57E52 ΔE 0.045

More about Dark Sand

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Dark Sand

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts pink
• 2 parts orange
• 1 part blue

Recipe result: #A8925D, a difference of ΔE 0.008 from Dark Sand. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dark Sand in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dark Sand

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F7F5F2

   oklch(97.1% 0.005 78.3)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EDE9E2

   oklch(93.5% 0.01 81.8)

3. Step 200

   200

   #DFD8CA

   oklch(88.4% 0.02 84.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #CCBFA5

   oklch(80.9% 0.038 84.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #B29E75

   oklch(70.7% 0.061 84.9)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #A88F59

   oklch(66% 0.078 85.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #8A6F34

   oklch(55.5% 0.084 84.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #755D26

   oklch(49.1% 0.079 85.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #5F4C21

   oklch(42.7% 0.065 85.5)

10. Step 900

    900

    #4E4020

    oklch(37.8% 0.051 86.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2E2513

    oklch(27% 0.033 83.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dark Sand with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.