#975211 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 #975211 works with other colors. Named schemes with #975211 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 #975211 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 #975211 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #975211;
--color-base-rgb: 151 82 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(51.1% 0.116 56.9);
--color-50: #FEF7F1;
--color-100: #FCEAD9;
--color-200: #F7D5B6;
--color-300: #EBB684;
--color-400: #DB9757;
--color-500: #C17834;
--color-600: #935F2F;
--color-700: #684627;
--color-800: #44301D;
--color-900: #291E14;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brown: {
50: '#FEF7F1',
100: '#FCEAD9',
200: '#F7D5B6',
300: '#EBB684',
400: '#DB9757',
500: '#C17834',
600: '#935F2F',
700: '#684627',
800: '#44301D',
900: '#291E14',
},
}
$base: #975211; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF7F1; $base-100: #FCEAD9; $base-200: #F7D5B6; $base-300: #EBB684; $base-400: #DB9757; $base-500: #C17834; $base-600: #935F2F; $base-700: #684627; $base-800: #44301D; $base-900: #291E14; $base-hover: #79420D; $base-subtle: #EBCBAD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#975211",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCEAD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7D5B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EBB684",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DB9757",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C17834",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#935F2F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#684627",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44301D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291E14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}