#1A0802 is a muted, warm amber. 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 #1A0802 works with other colors. Named schemes with #1A0802 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Jet Black holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown 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 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 #1A0802 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 #1A0802 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #1A0802;
--color-base-rgb: 26 8 2;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(16.2% 0.036 46.4);
--color-50: #FEF4F0;
--color-100: #FDE1D8;
--color-200: #F9C5B3;
--color-300: #EF9C80;
--color-400: #E07552;
--color-500: #C6552F;
--color-600: #96462B;
--color-700: #6A3625;
--color-800: #45261C;
--color-900: #2A1913;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
jet-black: {
50: '#FEF4F0',
100: '#FDE1D8',
200: '#F9C5B3',
300: '#EF9C80',
400: '#E07552',
500: '#C6552F',
600: '#96462B',
700: '#6A3625',
800: '#45261C',
900: '#2A1913',
},
}
$base: #1A0802; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF4F0; $base-100: #FDE1D8; $base-200: #F9C5B3; $base-300: #EF9C80; $base-400: #E07552; $base-500: #C6552F; $base-600: #96462B; $base-700: #6A3625; $base-800: #45261C; $base-900: #2A1913; $base-hover: #130601; $base-subtle: #E69F87;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#1A0802",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF4F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE1D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9C5B3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EF9C80",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E07552",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C6552F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#96462B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A3625",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#45261C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1913",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}