#914646 is a mid-toned, warm red-orange. 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 #914646 works with other colors. Named schemes with #914646 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Chestnut as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Chestnut 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.
Chestnut plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Chestnut sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Chestnut 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 Chestnut carrying the quiet middle.
How #914646 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 #914646 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #914646;
--color-base-rgb: 145 70 70;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(48.9% 0.102 21.5);
--color-50: #FAF4F4;
--color-100: #F2E3E3;
--color-200: #E4C8C8;
--color-300: #CEA1A1;
--color-400: #B67C7C;
--color-500: #995C5C;
--color-600: #774B4B;
--color-700: #563939;
--color-800: #392828;
--color-900: #231A1A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
chestnut: {
50: '#FAF4F4',
100: '#F2E3E3',
200: '#E4C8C8',
300: '#CEA1A1',
400: '#B67C7C',
500: '#995C5C',
600: '#774B4B',
700: '#563939',
800: '#392828',
900: '#231A1A',
},
}
$base: #914646; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAF4F4; $base-100: #F2E3E3; $base-200: #E4C8C8; $base-300: #CEA1A1; $base-400: #B67C7C; $base-500: #995C5C; $base-600: #774B4B; $base-700: #563939; $base-800: #392828; $base-900: #231A1A; $base-hover: #743838; $base-subtle: #DEC7C7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#914646",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF4F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2E3E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4C8C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CEA1A1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B67C7C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#995C5C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#774B4B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#563939",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#392828",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231A1A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}