#994724 is a mid-toned, warm amber. 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 #994724 works with other colors. Named schemes with #994724 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 #994724 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 #994724 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #994724;
--color-base-rgb: 153 71 36;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(49.7% 0.120 42.2);
--color-50: #FDF5F2;
--color-100: #F8E5DD;
--color-200: #EFCCBD;
--color-300: #E0A890;
--color-400: #CC8466;
--color-500: #B16544;
--color-600: #87513A;
--color-700: #603D2E;
--color-800: #3F2A22;
--color-900: #271B16;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
chestnut: {
50: '#FDF5F2',
100: '#F8E5DD',
200: '#EFCCBD',
300: '#E0A890',
400: '#CC8466',
500: '#B16544',
600: '#87513A',
700: '#603D2E',
800: '#3F2A22',
900: '#271B16',
},
}
$base: #994724; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF5F2; $base-100: #F8E5DD; $base-200: #EFCCBD; $base-300: #E0A890; $base-400: #CC8466; $base-500: #B16544; $base-600: #87513A; $base-700: #603D2E; $base-800: #3F2A22; $base-900: #271B16; $base-hover: #7A391D; $base-subtle: #E6C6B8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#994724",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF5F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8E5DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFCCBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E0A890",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CC8466",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B16544",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#87513A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#603D2E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F2A22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271B16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}