#A68E80 is a muted, warm yellow. 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 #A68E80 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A68E80 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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.
Beaver holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
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 #A68E80 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 #A68E80 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A68E80;
--color-base-rgb: 166 142 128;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(66.5% 0.035 52.1);
--color-50: #F9F7F6;
--color-100: #EEEAE7;
--color-200: #DED4CF;
--color-300: #C3B5AC;
--color-400: #A8958A;
--color-500: #8A766B;
--color-600: #6C5E56;
--color-700: #4F4540;
--color-800: #352F2C;
--color-900: #211E1C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beaver: {
50: '#F9F7F6',
100: '#EEEAE7',
200: '#DED4CF',
300: '#C3B5AC',
400: '#A8958A',
500: '#8A766B',
600: '#6C5E56',
700: '#4F4540',
800: '#352F2C',
900: '#211E1C',
},
}
$base: #A68E80; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F7F6; $base-100: #EEEAE7; $base-200: #DED4CF; $base-300: #C3B5AC; $base-400: #A8958A; $base-500: #8A766B; $base-600: #6C5E56; $base-700: #4F4540; $base-800: #352F2C; $base-900: #211E1C; $base-hover: #8C7161; $base-subtle: #E3DEDA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A68E80",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEEAE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DED4CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C3B5AC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A8958A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8A766B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6C5E56",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F4540",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352F2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211E1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}