#4E060E is a deep, warm red-orange. 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 #4E060E works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E060E in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Oxblood as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Oxblood plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Oxblood 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.
Oxblood adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Oxblood.
Oxblood 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 Oxblood carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E060E 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 #4E060E at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E060E;
--color-base-rgb: 78 6 14;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.4% 0.102 22.3);
--color-50: #FEF0F2;
--color-100: #FDD8DC;
--color-200: #F9B3BB;
--color-300: #EF808D;
--color-400: #E05262;
--color-500: #C62F40;
--color-600: #962B38;
--color-700: #6A252D;
--color-800: #451C21;
--color-900: #2A1316;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
oxblood: {
50: '#FEF0F2',
100: '#FDD8DC',
200: '#F9B3BB',
300: '#EF808D',
400: '#E05262',
500: '#C62F40',
600: '#962B38',
700: '#6A252D',
800: '#451C21',
900: '#2A1316',
},
}
$base: #4E060E; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F2; $base-100: #FDD8DC; $base-200: #F9B3BB; $base-300: #EF808D; $base-400: #E05262; $base-500: #C62F40; $base-600: #962B38; $base-700: #6A252D; $base-800: #451C21; $base-900: #2A1316; $base-hover: #3D050B; $base-subtle: #E9959F;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E060E",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8DC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9B3BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EF808D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E05262",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C62F40",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#962B38",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A252D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1316",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}