Sand
A pastel, warm amber with the energy of a warm sky.
Create Sand in PHP
Parse the catalog’s canonical value once, then keep the resulting color object throughout the rest of your code.
<?php
use PhpColor\Color\Color;
$sand = Color::parse('#D6D3D1');ColorInterface
$sand
#d6d3d1 · oklch(0.8687 0.0043 56.4)
Tint Sand for a system
Sand is a neutral, so rotating its hue changes nothing. Design systems rarely ship a pure neutral either: give it a trace of chroma and it belongs to the palette around it.
<?php
$neutral = $sand->to('oklch');
foreach (['warm' => 60, 'fresh' => 150, 'cool' => 250] as $name => $hue) {
echo $neutral->withChannel('c', 0.02)->withChannel('h', $hue)->toHex().PHP_EOL;
}- Warm
#ded1c7 - Fresh
#cbd8cd - Cool
#cad5e1
Generate a Sand scale
Keep the original hue and chroma, then vary OKLCH lightness to produce perceptually ordered steps.
<?php
$oklch = $sand->to('oklch');
foreach ([0.97, 0.92, 0.84, 0.74, 0.66, 0.58, 0.48, 0.40, 0.32, 0.24, 0.16] as $lightness) {
$step = $oklch->withChannel('l', $lightness);
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Format Sand for the web
The same object can emit a compact Hex value, an sRGB CSS function, or its perceptual OKLCH coordinates.
<?php
$hex = $sand->toHex();
$rgb = $sand->toCss('srgb');
$oklch = $sand->to('oklch')->toCss();- hex
#d6d3d1- rgb
rgb(214 211 209)- oklch
oklch(0.868661 0.00430627 56.366)