#AA600C 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 #AA600C works with other colors. Named schemes with #AA600C 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 #AA600C 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 #AA600C at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AA600C;
--color-base-rgb: 170 96 12;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.2% 0.128 60.3);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDECD8;
--color-200: #FAD9B3;
--color-300: #F0BB7F;
--color-400: #E19E51;
--color-500: #C7802E;
--color-600: #97652B;
--color-700: #6B4A24;
--color-800: #45321C;
--color-900: #2A1F13;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ginger: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDECD8',
200: '#FAD9B3',
300: '#F0BB7F',
400: '#E19E51',
500: '#C7802E',
600: '#97652B',
700: '#6B4A24',
800: '#45321C',
900: '#2A1F13',
},
}
$base: #AA600C; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDECD8; $base-200: #FAD9B3; $base-300: #F0BB7F; $base-400: #E19E51; $base-500: #C7802E; $base-600: #97652B; $base-700: #6B4A24; $base-800: #45321C; $base-900: #2A1F13; $base-hover: #894E0A; $base-subtle: #EED0AE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AA600C",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDECD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAD9B3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F0BB7F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E19E51",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C7802E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#97652B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B4A24",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#45321C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1F13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}