#975004 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 #975004 works with other colors. Named schemes with #975004 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 #975004 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 #975004 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #975004;
--color-base-rgb: 151 80 4;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.7% 0.121 57.4);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDEBD8;
--color-200: #FCD7B1;
--color-300: #F5BA7A;
--color-400: #E89C4A;
--color-500: #CE7D27;
--color-600: #9C6326;
--color-700: #6E4921;
--color-800: #47311A;
--color-900: #2B1F12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brown: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDEBD8',
200: '#FCD7B1',
300: '#F5BA7A',
400: '#E89C4A',
500: '#CE7D27',
600: '#9C6326',
700: '#6E4921',
800: '#47311A',
900: '#2B1F12',
},
}
$base: #975004; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDEBD8; $base-200: #FCD7B1; $base-300: #F5BA7A; $base-400: #E89C4A; $base-500: #CE7D27; $base-600: #9C6326; $base-700: #6E4921; $base-800: #47311A; $base-900: #2B1F12; $base-hover: #773F03; $base-subtle: #F0CBA3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#975004",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDEBD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCD7B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F5BA7A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E89C4A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CE7D27",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C6326",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E4921",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47311A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1F12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}