#AF6000 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 #AF6000 works with other colors. Named schemes with #AF6000 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 #AF6000 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 #AF6000 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AF6000;
--color-base-rgb: 175 96 0;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.9% 0.134 59.5);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDECD8;
--color-200: #FCDAB1;
--color-300: #F8BE77;
--color-400: #ECA146;
--color-500: #D28322;
--color-600: #9F6723;
--color-700: #704B1F;
--color-800: #483318;
--color-900: #2C2011;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ginger: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDECD8',
200: '#FCDAB1',
300: '#F8BE77',
400: '#ECA146',
500: '#D28322',
600: '#9F6723',
700: '#704B1F',
800: '#483318',
900: '#2C2011',
},
}
$base: #AF6000; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDECD8; $base-200: #FCDAB1; $base-300: #F8BE77; $base-400: #ECA146; $base-500: #D28322; $base-600: #9F6723; $base-700: #704B1F; $base-800: #483318; $base-900: #2C2011; $base-hover: #8B4C00; $base-subtle: #F3D0A6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AF6000",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDECD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCDAB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F8BE77",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ECA146",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D28322",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F6723",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#704B1F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#483318",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C2011",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}