#8A4413 is a mid-toned, warm amber. 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 #8A4413 works with other colors. Named schemes with #8A4413 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Saddle Brown as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Saddle Brown 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.
Saddle Brown plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Saddle Brown sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Saddle Brown 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 Saddle Brown carrying the quiet middle.
How #8A4413 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 #8A4413 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8A4413;
--color-base-rgb: 138 68 19;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.8% 0.112 50.4);
--color-50: #FEF6F1;
--color-100: #FBE8DA;
--color-200: #F5D1B7;
--color-300: #E9AF87;
--color-400: #D88F5A;
--color-500: #BD6F37;
--color-600: #905932;
--color-700: #664229;
--color-800: #432D1E;
--color-900: #291D14;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
saddle-brown: {
50: '#FEF6F1',
100: '#FBE8DA',
200: '#F5D1B7',
300: '#E9AF87',
400: '#D88F5A',
500: '#BD6F37',
600: '#905932',
700: '#664229',
800: '#432D1E',
900: '#291D14',
},
}
$base: #8A4413; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF6F1; $base-100: #FBE8DA; $base-200: #F5D1B7; $base-300: #E9AF87; $base-400: #D88F5A; $base-500: #BD6F37; $base-600: #905932; $base-700: #664229; $base-800: #432D1E; $base-900: #291D14; $base-hover: #6F370F; $base-subtle: #E9C5AC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8A4413",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE8DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5D1B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9AF87",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D88F5A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BD6F37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#905932",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#664229",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#432D1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291D14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}