#301402 is a deep, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #301402 works with other colors. Named schemes with #301402 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Graphite as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Graphite plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Graphite holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Graphite 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.
Graphite 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 Graphite carrying the quiet middle.
How #301402 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 #301402 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #301402;
--color-base-rgb: 48 20 2;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.9% 0.055 52.3);
--color-50: #FEF6F0;
--color-100: #FDE6D8;
--color-200: #FCCDB1;
--color-300: #F3AA7C;
--color-400: #E5874D;
--color-500: #CB6829;
--color-600: #9A5428;
--color-700: #6D3F22;
--color-800: #472B1A;
--color-900: #2B1C12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FEF6F0',
100: '#FDE6D8',
200: '#FCCDB1',
300: '#F3AA7C',
400: '#E5874D',
500: '#CB6829',
600: '#9A5428',
700: '#6D3F22',
800: '#472B1A',
900: '#2B1C12',
},
}
$base: #301402; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF6F0; $base-100: #FDE6D8; $base-200: #FCCDB1; $base-300: #F3AA7C; $base-400: #E5874D; $base-500: #CB6829; $base-600: #9A5428; $base-700: #6D3F22; $base-800: #472B1A; $base-900: #2B1C12; $base-hover: #271002; $base-subtle: #EAAF8A;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#301402",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF6F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE6D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCCDB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F3AA7C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E5874D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB6829",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A5428",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D3F22",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#472B1A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1C12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}