#A28587 is a muted, temperate red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #A28587 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A28587 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Beaver sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Beaver as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Beaver 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.
Beaver opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Beaver 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 Beaver carrying the quiet middle.
How #A28587 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 #A28587 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A28587;
--color-base-rgb: 162 133 135;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(64.4% 0.036 13.4);
--color-50: #F8F6F6;
--color-100: #EDE8E8;
--color-200: #DBD1D2;
--color-300: #C0AFB0;
--color-400: #A48E90;
--color-500: #866F70;
--color-600: #69595A;
--color-700: #4D4243;
--color-800: #342D2E;
--color-900: #201D1D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beaver: {
50: '#F8F6F6',
100: '#EDE8E8',
200: '#DBD1D2',
300: '#C0AFB0',
400: '#A48E90',
500: '#866F70',
600: '#69595A',
700: '#4D4243',
800: '#342D2E',
900: '#201D1D',
},
}
$base: #A28587; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F6F6; $base-100: #EDE8E8; $base-200: #DBD1D2; $base-300: #C0AFB0; $base-400: #A48E90; $base-500: #866F70; $base-600: #69595A; $base-700: #4D4243; $base-800: #342D2E; $base-900: #201D1D; $base-hover: #866769; $base-subtle: #E2DCDC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A28587",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F6F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDE8E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBD1D2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C0AFB0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A48E90",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#866F70",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#69595A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D4243",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#342D2E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201D1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}