Sand
#C2B280
Sand (#C2B280) is a medium, moderately saturated yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 194 red, 178 green and 128 blue; in HSL its hue is 45°, its saturation 35% and its lightness 63%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 34% yellow and 24% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on sand
White text on sand has a contrast ratio of 2.11:1 and fails; black text has 9.97:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 2.11:1
Black text · 9.97:1
Tints and shades of sand
Colour palettes with sand
Brands with a sand logo
Brand colours close to #C2B280, from our Brand Colour Index.
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Use sand in CSS
.button {
background-color: #C2B280;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.