#9F4E07 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 #9F4E07 works with other colors. Named schemes with #9F4E07 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 #9F4E07 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 #9F4E07 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #9F4E07;
--color-base-rgb: 159 78 7;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(51.6% 0.129 52.5);
--color-50: #FEF7F0;
--color-100: #FDE9D8;
--color-200: #FCD4B1;
--color-300: #F3B47C;
--color-400: #E5944D;
--color-500: #CB7529;
--color-600: #9A5D28;
--color-700: #6D4522;
--color-800: #472F1A;
--color-900: #2B1E12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brown: {
50: '#FEF7F0',
100: '#FDE9D8',
200: '#FCD4B1',
300: '#F3B47C',
400: '#E5944D',
500: '#CB7529',
600: '#9A5D28',
700: '#6D4522',
800: '#472F1A',
900: '#2B1E12',
},
}
$base: #9F4E07; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF7F0; $base-100: #FDE9D8; $base-200: #FCD4B1; $base-300: #F3B47C; $base-400: #E5944D; $base-500: #CB7529; $base-600: #9A5D28; $base-700: #6D4522; $base-800: #472F1A; $base-900: #2B1E12; $base-hover: #813F05; $base-subtle: #F0C9A8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#9F4E07",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF7F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCD4B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F3B47C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E5944D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB7529",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A5D28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D4522",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#472F1A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1E12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}