Sienna #A0522D

About this color

#A0522D is a medium-dark, moderately saturated brown. In OKLCH its lightness is 53%, its chroma 0.115 and its hue 45°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Sienna. White text reads best on it, at 5.61:1.

Colors that go with Sienna

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

Color palettes with Sienna

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

• Roast Table
• Caramel Grind
• Cinnamon and Molasses
• Pot Siesta
• Brick Siesta
• Pot Wall
• Pot and Brick
• Sage and Olive

Similar named colors

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

• Cinnamon #AC4F06 ΔE 0.030
• Burnt Umber #A0450E ΔE 0.031
• Sepia #985E2B ΔE 0.033
• Warm Brown #964E02 ΔE 0.035
• Raw Umber #A75E09 ΔE 0.045
• Earth #A2653E ΔE 0.046
• Burnt Siena #B75203 ΔE 0.048
• Cocoa #875F42 ΔE 0.052

More about Sienna

• Shades of brown
• What brown means

How to make 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 red
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #9E552D, a difference of ΔE 0.007 from Sienna. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make brown? | Color mixing chart

Codes for 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 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

   #FAF4F2

   oklch(97.1% 0.007 39.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F3E7E2

   oklch(93.6% 0.015 44.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #EAD4CA

   oklch(88.5% 0.028 46.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #DEB7A6

   oklch(80.9% 0.051 44.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #CD9076

   oklch(70.7% 0.083 44)

6. Step 500

   500

   #BE7452

   oklch(63.1% 0.105 45)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #A0522D

   oklch(52.6% 0.115 44.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #914A28

   oklch(49% 0.107 44.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #763D23

   oklch(42.7% 0.089 44.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #603521

    oklch(37.8% 0.069 45)

11. Step 950

    950

    #381F14

    oklch(27% 0.044 44.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

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.