#120804 is a near-black neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #120804 works with other colors. Named schemes with #120804 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Jet Black plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Jet Black as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Jet Black sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Jet Black carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Jet Black is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Jet Black carrying the quiet middle.
How #120804 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #120804 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #120804;
--color-base-rgb: 18 8 4;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(14.8% 0.021 49.0);
--color-50: #FDF5F2;
--color-100: #F8E5DD;
--color-200: #F0CBBC;
--color-300: #E1A68E;
--color-400: #CE8264;
--color-500: #B36242;
--color-600: #895039;
--color-700: #613C2E;
--color-800: #402A21;
--color-900: #271B16;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
jet-black: {
50: '#FDF5F2',
100: '#F8E5DD',
200: '#F0CBBC',
300: '#E1A68E',
400: '#CE8264',
500: '#B36242',
600: '#895039',
700: '#613C2E',
800: '#402A21',
900: '#271B16',
},
}
$base: #120804; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF5F2; $base-100: #F8E5DD; $base-200: #F0CBBC; $base-300: #E1A68E; $base-400: #CE8264; $base-500: #B36242; $base-600: #895039; $base-700: #613C2E; $base-800: #402A21; $base-900: #271B16; $base-hover: #0D0603; $base-subtle: #D9A692;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#120804",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF5F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8E5DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0CBBC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E1A68E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CE8264",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B36242",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#895039",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#613C2E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402A21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271B16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}