#8F5418 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 #8F5418 works with other colors. Named schemes with #8F5418 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 #8F5418 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 #8F5418 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8F5418;
--color-base-rgb: 143 84 24;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.4% 0.106 60.8);
--color-50: #FDF7F1;
--color-100: #FAEBDB;
--color-200: #F3D6B9;
--color-300: #E5B88A;
--color-400: #D4995E;
--color-500: #B97A3C;
--color-600: #8D6135;
--color-700: #64472B;
--color-800: #42301F;
--color-900: #281F15;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brown: {
50: '#FDF7F1',
100: '#FAEBDB',
200: '#F3D6B9',
300: '#E5B88A',
400: '#D4995E',
500: '#B97A3C',
600: '#8D6135',
700: '#64472B',
800: '#42301F',
900: '#281F15',
},
}
$base: #8F5418; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF7F1; $base-100: #FAEBDB; $base-200: #F3D6B9; $base-300: #E5B88A; $base-400: #D4995E; $base-500: #B97A3C; $base-600: #8D6135; $base-700: #64472B; $base-800: #42301F; $base-900: #281F15; $base-hover: #734314; $base-subtle: #E7CCB0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8F5418",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAEBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3D6B9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E5B88A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D4995E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B97A3C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8D6135",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#64472B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42301F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281F15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}