#693810 is a mid-toned, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #693810 works with other colors. Named schemes with #693810 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Sepia as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Sepia anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Sepia plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Sepia holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Sepia 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 Sepia carrying the quiet middle.
How #693810 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 #693810 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #693810;
--color-base-rgb: 105 56 16;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(39.6% 0.086 55.1);
--color-50: #FEF7F1;
--color-100: #FBE9DB;
--color-200: #F4D3B8;
--color-300: #E7B388;
--color-400: #D6935C;
--color-500: #BC7439;
--color-600: #8F5C33;
--color-700: #65442A;
--color-800: #422F1F;
--color-900: #291E15;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sepia: {
50: '#FEF7F1',
100: '#FBE9DB',
200: '#F4D3B8',
300: '#E7B388',
400: '#D6935C',
500: '#BC7439',
600: '#8F5C33',
700: '#65442A',
800: '#422F1F',
900: '#291E15',
},
}
$base: #693810; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF7F1; $base-100: #FBE9DB; $base-200: #F4D3B8; $base-300: #E7B388; $base-400: #D6935C; $base-500: #BC7439; $base-600: #8F5C33; $base-700: #65442A; $base-800: #422F1F; $base-900: #291E15; $base-hover: #552D0D; $base-subtle: #E6C2A4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#693810",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE9DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4D3B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E7B388",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D6935C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC7439",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F5C33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#65442A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#422F1F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291E15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}