#532004 is a deep, warm amber. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #532004 works with other colors. Named schemes with #532004 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Bistre as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Bistre plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Bistre holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Bistre 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.
Bistre 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 Bistre carrying the quiet middle.
How #532004 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 #532004 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #532004;
--color-base-rgb: 83 32 4;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(31.5% 0.085 45.1);
--color-50: #FEF5F0;
--color-100: #FDE5D8;
--color-200: #FBCBB1;
--color-300: #F2A67D;
--color-400: #E4824E;
--color-500: #CB622A;
--color-600: #9A5028;
--color-700: #6C3C23;
--color-800: #462A1B;
--color-900: #2B1B12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FEF5F0',
100: '#FDE5D8',
200: '#FBCBB1',
300: '#F2A67D',
400: '#E4824E',
500: '#CB622A',
600: '#9A5028',
700: '#6C3C23',
800: '#462A1B',
900: '#2B1B12',
},
}
$base: #532004; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF5F0; $base-100: #FDE5D8; $base-200: #FBCBB1; $base-300: #F2A67D; $base-400: #E4824E; $base-500: #CB622A; $base-600: #9A5028; $base-700: #6C3C23; $base-800: #462A1B; $base-900: #2B1B12; $base-hover: #421903; $base-subtle: #EBB294;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#532004",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF5F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE5D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBCBB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F2A67D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E4824E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB622A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A5028",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C3C23",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#462A1B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1B12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}