Desert sand (color)

Earth Yellow
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E1A95F
HSV (h, s, v)	(34°, 58%, 88[4]%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(225, 169, 95)
Source	Internet
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange yellow
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Sandy Brown
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F4A460
HSV (h, s, v)	(28°, 61%, 96[3]%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(244, 164, 96)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Desert Sand
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EDC9AF
HSV (h, s, v)	(25°, 26%, 93%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(237, 201, 175)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale orange yellow
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Desert sand is a very light and very weakly saturated reddish yellow colour which corresponds specifically to the coloration of sand. It may also be regarded as a deep tone of beige.

Desert sand was used by General Motors, along with "rosewood", as a paint color for their early Cadillacs.

In 1998, desert sand was made into a Crayola crayon colour.[1][2]

Namibian sand dune

The color shown at right matches the palest of the three colors in the 3-color Desert Camouflage Uniform of United States Armed Forces, which in 1990 began to replace the 6-color Desert Battle Dress Uniform.

Six Color Variations of Desert Sand

Sandy brown

The web color sandy brown is displayed at right.

As its name suggests, sandy brown is a shade of brown which is similar to the color of some sands.

Earth yellow

The color earth yellow is displayed at right.

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.[5][6]

Sand

Sand

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C2B280
HSV (h, s, v)	(45°, 34%, 76[7]%)
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(194, 178, 128)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Sand is a color that resembles the color of beach sand. In fact, another name for this color is beach,[8] an alternate color name in use for this color since 1923.[9]

The first recorded use of sand as a color name in English was in 1627.[10]

The San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball currently use Sand as one of their team colors.

A sandy beach

Desert

Desert

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C19A6B
HSV (h, s, v)	(33°, 45%, 76%)
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(193, 154, 107)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Desert is a color that resembles the color of the flat areas of a desert.

The first recorded use of desert as a color name in English was in 1920.[11]

Sand dune (Drab)

Sand Dune

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#967117
HSV (h, s, v)	(43°, 85%, 59%)
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(150, 113, 23)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Sand dune is a color that resembles the color of a sand dune composed of dark colored sand.

Two other alternate names for this exact color are drab and mode beige,[12] in use, respectively, since 1686[13] and 1928.[14]

The first recorded use of sand dune as a color name in English was in 1925.[15]

Field drab

Field Drab

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6C541E
HSV (h, s, v)	(42°, 72%, 42[16]%)
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(108, 84, 30)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color field drab is displayed at right.

Field drab is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.[5][6]

Desert sand in human culture

Fashion

Earth yellow is a popular color for women’s handbags.

Interior design

The tones of desert sand are called desert colors because they suggest the colors of the landscape of and of the design of the Native American cultures of the Southwestern United States. The desert colors are widely used (with both tones of sky blue or turquoise and tones of maroon to complement them) in Southwest Design.[17]

Military

The colors desert sand, earth yellow, sand, and field drab are all on the list of the twelve standard camouflage colors used by the United States Department of the Army.[5][6]

References

Crayola crayon chronology:
Current Crayola crayon colors:
web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F4A460 (Sandy Brown):
web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #E1A95F (Earth Yellow):
Color, marking, and camouflage pattern painting for armament command equipment, United States Department of the Army, 1988
The 12 official MERDC camouflage colors (color samples shown):
web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #C2B280 (Sand):
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 48
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Sand: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample B2
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Desert: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 50
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Sand Dune: Page 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5
web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #6C541E (Field Drab):
Google Images for "Southwest Design":