#AE7D4E 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 #AE7D4E works with other colors. Named schemes with #AE7D4E in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Copper as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Copper 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.
Copper holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Copper opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Copper 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 Copper carrying the quiet middle.
How #AE7D4E 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 #AE7D4E at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AE7D4E;
--color-base-rgb: 174 125 78;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(62.8% 0.088 63.9);
--color-50: #FBF7F4;
--color-100: #F3EAE2;
--color-200: #E6D6C7;
--color-300: #D0B79F;
--color-400: #B8987A;
--color-500: #9C7959;
--color-600: #796049;
--color-700: #574738;
--color-800: #3A3027;
--color-900: #241E19;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
copper: {
50: '#FBF7F4',
100: '#F3EAE2',
200: '#E6D6C7',
300: '#D0B79F',
400: '#B8987A',
500: '#9C7959',
600: '#796049',
700: '#574738',
800: '#3A3027',
900: '#241E19',
},
}
$base: #AE7D4E; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF7F4; $base-100: #F3EAE2; $base-200: #E6D6C7; $base-300: #D0B79F; $base-400: #B8987A; $base-500: #9C7959; $base-600: #796049; $base-700: #574738; $base-800: #3A3027; $base-900: #241E19; $base-hover: #8A633E; $base-subtle: #E3D8CD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AE7D4E",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF7F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3EAE2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6D6C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D0B79F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B8987A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9C7959",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#796049",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#574738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A3027",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#241E19",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}