Raw Sienna #9A6200

About this color

#9A6200 is a medium-dark, moderately saturated brown. In OKLCH its lightness is 54%, its chroma 0.117 and its hue 71°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Raw Sienna. White text reads best on it, at 5.09:1.

Colors that go with Raw Sienna

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

Color palettes with Raw Sienna

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

• Cabana and Sundae
• Saffron and Harissa
• Paisley Tour
• Pinecone and Holly
• Evergreen Feast
• Candy Cane and Ribbon
• Mango Descent
• Gilded and Bullion

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Raw Sienna, with their ΔE distance.

• Raw Umber #A75E09 ΔE 0.026
• Sepia #985E2B ΔE 0.029
• Muddy Brown #886806 ΔE 0.034
• Orangey Brown #B16002 ΔE 0.043
• Umber #B26400 ΔE 0.045
• Earth #A2653E ΔE 0.046
• Dirt Brown #836539 ΔE 0.049
• Warm Brown #964E02 ΔE 0.052

More about Raw Sienna

• Shades of brown
• What brown means

How to make Raw Sienna

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.

• 2 parts brown
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #98642C, a difference of ΔE 0.022 from Raw Sienna. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make brown? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Raw Sienna 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 Raw Sienna

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 600.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F9F5F0

   oklch(97.2% 0.008 73.7)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F1E8DF

   oklch(93.6% 0.016 67.6)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E6D6C5

   oklch(88.4% 0.029 69.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D7BB9C

   oklch(80.8% 0.053 69.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #C29865

   oklch(70.7% 0.084 71.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #B27D38

   oklch(63% 0.107 70.6)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #9A6200

   oklch(54.4% 0.117 70.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #865400

   oklch(49.1% 0.106 70.2)

9. Step 800

   800

   #6D4503

   oklch(42.6% 0.09 71.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #593A10

    oklch(37.6% 0.071 70.2)

11. Step 950

    950

    #34220B

    oklch(26.9% 0.045 70.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Raw Sienna 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.