#562E33 is a deep, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #562E33 works with other colors. Named schemes with #562E33 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Espresso plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Espresso as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Espresso 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.
Espresso 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.
Espresso 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 Espresso carrying the quiet middle.
How #562E33 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 #562E33 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #562E33;
--color-base-rgb: 86 46 51;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(35.4% 0.059 12.5);
--color-50: #FAF5F5;
--color-100: #F1E4E6;
--color-200: #E2CACD;
--color-300: #CBA4A9;
--color-400: #B28086;
--color-500: #956066;
--color-600: #744E53;
--color-700: #543B3E;
--color-800: #38292B;
--color-900: #231B1B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
espresso: {
50: '#FAF5F5',
100: '#F1E4E6',
200: '#E2CACD',
300: '#CBA4A9',
400: '#B28086',
500: '#956066',
600: '#744E53',
700: '#543B3E',
800: '#38292B',
900: '#231B1B',
},
}
$base: #562E33; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF5F5; $base-100: #F1E4E6; $base-200: #E2CACD; $base-300: #CBA4A9; $base-400: #B28086; $base-500: #956066; $base-600: #744E53; $base-700: #543B3E; $base-800: #38292B; $base-900: #231B1B; $base-hover: #452529; $base-subtle: #D3B9BC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#562E33",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF5F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1E4E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2CACD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CBA4A9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B28086",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#956066",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#744E53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#543B3E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#38292B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231B1B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}