#A2663E 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 #A2663E works with other colors. Named schemes with #A2663E 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 #A2663E 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 #A2663E at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A2663E;
--color-base-rgb: 162 102 62;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.7% 0.095 53.3);
--color-50: #FBF7F4;
--color-100: #F4E9E1;
--color-200: #E8D3C4;
--color-300: #D5B29B;
--color-400: #BE9274;
--color-500: #A27253;
--color-600: #7D5B45;
--color-700: #5A4435;
--color-800: #3B2E26;
--color-900: #251D19;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ginger: {
50: '#FBF7F4',
100: '#F4E9E1',
200: '#E8D3C4',
300: '#D5B29B',
400: '#BE9274',
500: '#A27253',
600: '#7D5B45',
700: '#5A4435',
800: '#3B2E26',
900: '#251D19',
},
}
$base: #A2663E; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBF7F4; $base-100: #F4E9E1; $base-200: #E8D3C4; $base-300: #D5B29B; $base-400: #BE9274; $base-500: #A27253; $base-600: #7D5B45; $base-700: #5A4435; $base-800: #3B2E26; $base-900: #251D19; $base-hover: #825231; $base-subtle: #E3D1C6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A2663E",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF7F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4E9E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8D3C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D5B29B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BE9274",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A27253",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7D5B45",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A4435",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B2E26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#251D19",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}