Sandy #F1DA7A

About this color

#F1DA7A is a light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 89%, its chroma 0.119 and its hue 96°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Sandy. Black text reads best on it, at 15.04:1.

Colors that go with Sandy

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

Color palettes with Sandy

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

• Avocado Kitchen
• Groovy Station Wagon
• Corduroy Patio
• Mustard Patio
• Pool Festival
• Popsicle Night
• Cabana and Watermelon
• Papaya Stand

Similar named colors

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

• Light Gold #F3DE8A ΔE 0.018
• Light Mustard #F7D560 ΔE 0.023
• Pale Gold #FDDE6C ΔE 0.025
• Sunglow #FFD166 ΔE 0.028
• Khaki #F0E68C ΔE 0.030
• Dull Yellow #EEDC5B ΔE 0.032
• Sand Yellow #FCE166 ΔE 0.033
• Maize #F4D054 ΔE 0.035

More about Sandy

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Sandy

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.

• 4 parts white
• 2 parts yellow
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #EEDD7A, a difference of ΔE 0.009 from Sandy. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Sandy 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 Sandy

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 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F9F6E6

   oklch(97.1% 0.021 98.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F2EAC9

   oklch(93.5% 0.044 95.9)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #F1DA7A

   oklch(88.8% 0.119 96.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #DEBF31

   oklch(80.8% 0.153 96)

5. Step 400

   400

   #BB9F00

   oklch(70.6% 0.145 96.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #A18800

   oklch(63.1% 0.13 96)

7. Step 600

   600

   #877200

   oklch(55.5% 0.114 96.2)

8. Step 700

   700

   #726000

   oklch(49.2% 0.101 96.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #5D4E00

   oklch(42.6% 0.088 96.3)

10. Step 900

    900

    #4E4100

    oklch(37.8% 0.078 96.2)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2E2600

    oklch(27% 0.056 97.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Sandy 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.