#301804 is a muted, 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 #301804 works with other colors. Named schemes with #301804 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 #301804 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 #301804 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #301804;
--color-base-rgb: 48 24 4;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.8% 0.050 58.1);
--color-50: #FEF7F0;
--color-100: #FDE9D8;
--color-200: #F9D3B4;
--color-300: #EEB281;
--color-400: #DF9253;
--color-500: #C57330;
--color-600: #965C2C;
--color-700: #6A4425;
--color-800: #452E1C;
--color-900: #2A1D13;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FEF7F0',
100: '#FDE9D8',
200: '#F9D3B4',
300: '#EEB281',
400: '#DF9253',
500: '#C57330',
600: '#965C2C',
700: '#6A4425',
800: '#452E1C',
900: '#2A1D13',
},
}
$base: #301804; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF7F0; $base-100: #FDE9D8; $base-200: #F9D3B4; $base-300: #EEB281; $base-400: #DF9253; $base-500: #C57330; $base-600: #965C2C; $base-700: #6A4425; $base-800: #452E1C; $base-900: #2A1D13; $base-hover: #261303; $base-subtle: #E7B68E;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#301804",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9D3B4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EEB281",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DF9253",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C57330",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#965C2C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A4425",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#452E1C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1D13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}