#A06007 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 #A06007 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A06007 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Ginger as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Ginger 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.
Ginger plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Ginger sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Ginger 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 Ginger carrying the quiet middle.
How #A06007 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 #A06007 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A06007;
--color-base-rgb: 160 96 7;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(54.9% 0.121 65.3);
--color-50: #FEF9F0;
--color-100: #FDEED8;
--color-200: #FCDCB1;
--color-300: #F3C17C;
--color-400: #E5A64D;
--color-500: #CB8829;
--color-600: #9A6A28;
--color-700: #6D4E22;
--color-800: #47341A;
--color-900: #2B2112;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ginger: {
50: '#FEF9F0',
100: '#FDEED8',
200: '#FCDCB1',
300: '#F3C17C',
400: '#E5A64D',
500: '#CB8829',
600: '#9A6A28',
700: '#6D4E22',
800: '#47341A',
900: '#2B2112',
},
}
$base: #A06007; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF9F0; $base-100: #FDEED8; $base-200: #FCDCB1; $base-300: #F3C17C; $base-400: #E5A64D; $base-500: #CB8829; $base-600: #9A6A28; $base-700: #6D4E22; $base-800: #47341A; $base-900: #2B2112; $base-hover: #814E05; $base-subtle: #F0D2A8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A06007",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF9F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDEED8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCDCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F3C17C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E5A64D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB8829",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A6A28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D4E22",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47341A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B2112",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}