#8D5827 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 #8D5827 works with other colors. Named schemes with #8D5827 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Brown as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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.
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.
Brown sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
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 Brown carrying the quiet middle.
How #8D5827 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 #8D5827 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8D5827;
--color-base-rgb: 141 88 39;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(51.0% 0.095 60.6);
--color-50: #FCF7F3;
--color-100: #F7EADE;
--color-200: #EDD5BF;
--color-300: #DCB693;
--color-400: #C8976A;
--color-500: #AD7948;
--color-600: #84603D;
--color-700: #5E4730;
--color-800: #3E3023;
--color-900: #261E17;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brown: {
50: '#FCF7F3',
100: '#F7EADE',
200: '#EDD5BF',
300: '#DCB693',
400: '#C8976A',
500: '#AD7948',
600: '#84603D',
700: '#5E4730',
800: '#3E3023',
900: '#261E17',
},
}
$base: #8D5827; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCF7F3; $base-100: #F7EADE; $base-200: #EDD5BF; $base-300: #DCB693; $base-400: #C8976A; $base-500: #AD7948; $base-600: #84603D; $base-700: #5E4730; $base-800: #3E3023; $base-900: #261E17; $base-hover: #70461F; $base-subtle: #E3CDB8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8D5827",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF7F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7EADE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDD5BF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DCB693",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C8976A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AD7948",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#84603D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E4730",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E3023",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#261E17",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}