#877368 is a muted, temperate amber. 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 #877368 works with other colors. Named schemes with #877368 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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.
Shadow holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
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 #877368 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 #877368 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #877368;
--color-base-rgb: 135 115 104;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(57.1% 0.030 50.6);
--color-50: #F8F7F6;
--color-100: #EDEAE8;
--color-200: #DBD5D1;
--color-300: #C0B5AF;
--color-400: #A4968E;
--color-500: #86776F;
--color-600: #695E59;
--color-700: #4D4642;
--color-800: #34302D;
--color-900: #201E1D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F8F7F6',
100: '#EDEAE8',
200: '#DBD5D1',
300: '#C0B5AF',
400: '#A4968E',
500: '#86776F',
600: '#695E59',
700: '#4D4642',
800: '#34302D',
900: '#201E1D',
},
}
$base: #877368; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F7F6; $base-100: #EDEAE8; $base-200: #DBD5D1; $base-300: #C0B5AF; $base-400: #A4968E; $base-500: #86776F; $base-600: #695E59; $base-700: #4D4642; $base-800: #34302D; $base-900: #201E1D; $base-hover: #6C5C53; $base-subtle: #DAD5D2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#877368",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDEAE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBD5D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C0B5AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A4968E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#86776F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#695E59",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D4642",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34302D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201E1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}