#A29082 is a muted, temperate yellow. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #A29082 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A29082 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 #A29082 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 #A29082 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A29082;
--color-base-rgb: 162 144 130;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(66.5% 0.030 60.1);
--color-50: #F9F7F6;
--color-100: #EEEAE7;
--color-200: #DCD5D0;
--color-300: #C1B6AE;
--color-400: #A5978D;
--color-500: #88796D;
--color-600: #6A6058;
--color-700: #4D4741;
--color-800: #34302D;
--color-900: #211E1D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beaver: {
50: '#F9F7F6',
100: '#EEEAE7',
200: '#DCD5D0',
300: '#C1B6AE',
400: '#A5978D',
500: '#88796D',
600: '#6A6058',
700: '#4D4741',
800: '#34302D',
900: '#211E1D',
},
}
$base: #A29082; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F7F6; $base-100: #EEEAE7; $base-200: #DCD5D0; $base-300: #C1B6AE; $base-400: #A5978D; $base-500: #88796D; $base-600: #6A6058; $base-700: #4D4741; $base-800: #34302D; $base-900: #211E1D; $base-hover: #867263; $base-subtle: #E2DEDA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A29082",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEEAE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCD5D0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1B6AE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A5978D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#88796D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A6058",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D4741",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34302D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211E1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}