Complementary
Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.
Sienna
#A0522DSienna is the hex color #A0522D, with RGB values 160, 82, 45. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.
Palette image
Every swatch on this page, as one image you can save or share.
Sienna color codes
Every value for #A0522D, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.
| Channel | Decimal | Share | Hex | Octal | Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 160 | 62.75% | A0 | 240 | 10100000 |
| Green | 82 | 32.16% | 52 | 122 | 01010010 |
| Blue | 45 | 17.65% | 2D | 55 | 00101101 |
The nearest web-safe color is #996633, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.
Shades, tints and tones
Every step is generated from #A0522D. Click a swatch to copy its hex.
Shades of sienna
A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.
Tints of sienna
A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.
Tones of sienna
A tone is the base color with gray mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.
The sienna scale
The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #A0522D at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.
The brown family
Sienna sits in the brown family. Every named brown in the library, with sienna first.
| Swatch | Name | Hex | RGB | HSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is a CSS keyword is the color on this page | #A0522D | 160, 82, 45 | 19, 56%, 40% | |
| Brown is a CSS keyword | #A52A2A | 165, 42, 42 | 0, 59%, 41% | |
| Tan is a CSS keyword | #D2B48C | 210, 180, 140 | 34, 44%, 69% | |
| Beige is a CSS keyword | #F5F5DC | 245, 245, 220 | 60, 56%, 91% | |
| Chocolate is a CSS keyword | #D2691E | 210, 105, 30 | 25, 75%, 47% | |
| Taupe | #483C32 | 72, 60, 50 | 27, 18%, 24% | |
| Nude | #E3BC9A | 227, 188, 154 | 28, 57%, 75% | |
| Espresso | #3C2218 | 60, 34, 24 | 17, 43%, 16% | |
| Clay | #B66A50 | 182, 106, 80 | 15, 41%, 51% | |
| Saddle brown is a CSS keyword | #8B4513 | 139, 69, 19 | 25, 76%, 31% | |
| Rosy brown is a CSS keyword | #BC8F8F | 188, 143, 143 | 0, 25%, 65% | |
| Burlywood is a CSS keyword | #DEB887 | 222, 184, 135 | 34, 57%, 70% | |
| Sandy brown is a CSS keyword | #F4A460 | 244, 164, 96 | 28, 87%, 67% |
Color schemes built on sienna
Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.
Analogous
Three neighbors on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how color behaves in nature.
Split complementary
The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.
Triadic
Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.
Monochromatic
One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.
Colors close to #A0522D
Near neighbors, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.
Sienna color palettes
Five-color palettes built around #A0522D, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.
Analogous
Complementary
Triadic
Monochromatic
Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.
Brown gradients
5 ready-made brown gradients, each with every stop written as a hex you can edit.
Contrast and readability
Whether sienna works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.
Sienna text on white background
5.62:1 · GoodLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Sienna text on black background
3.74:1 · Large text onlyLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Used the other way round, #A0522D as a background takes #FFFFFF text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.
Sienna reads better on a white background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.
Sienna against your project
About sienna
Named after the earth pigment mined near Siena in Tuscany. Raw sienna is yellower; burnt sienna, which this is closer to, has been roasted to deepen it.
- Family
- Brown, 10th lightest of 13 browns
- Web-safe
- is the nearest
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