#837366 is a muted, temperate yellow. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #837366 works with other colors. Named schemes with #837366 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Shadow 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.
Shadow 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 Shadow as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Shadow 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.
Shadow 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 Shadow carrying the quiet middle.
How #837366 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 #837366 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #837366;
--color-base-rgb: 131 115 102;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.7% 0.028 61.3);
--color-50: #F8F7F6;
--color-100: #EDEAE8;
--color-200: #DBD6D1;
--color-300: #BFB7B0;
--color-400: #A3988F;
--color-500: #857970;
--color-600: #686059;
--color-700: #4C4743;
--color-800: #33302E;
--color-900: #201E1D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F8F7F6',
100: '#EDEAE8',
200: '#DBD6D1',
300: '#BFB7B0',
400: '#A3988F',
500: '#857970',
600: '#686059',
700: '#4C4743',
800: '#33302E',
900: '#201E1D',
},
}
$base: #837366; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F7F6; $base-100: #EDEAE8; $base-200: #DBD6D1; $base-300: #BFB7B0; $base-400: #A3988F; $base-500: #857970; $base-600: #686059; $base-700: #4C4743; $base-800: #33302E; $base-900: #201E1D; $base-hover: #695D53; $base-subtle: #D9D5D2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#837366",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDEAE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBD6D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BFB7B0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A3988F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#857970",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#686059",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4C4743",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#33302E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201E1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}