#D84641 is a mid-toned, warm orange. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D84641 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D84641 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Vermilion 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.
Vermilion plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Vermilion as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Vermilion sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Vermilion 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 Vermilion carrying the quiet middle.
How #D84641 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 #D84641 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D84641;
--color-base-rgb: 216 70 65;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(60.0% 0.183 26.2);
--color-50: #FDF2F2;
--color-100: #F9DDDC;
--color-200: #F1BDBB;
--color-300: #E2908D;
--color-400: #D06662;
--color-500: #B54440;
--color-600: #8A3B38;
--color-700: #622F2D;
--color-800: #402221;
--color-900: #281616;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
vermilion: {
50: '#FDF2F2',
100: '#F9DDDC',
200: '#F1BDBB',
300: '#E2908D',
400: '#D06662',
500: '#B54440',
600: '#8A3B38',
700: '#622F2D',
800: '#402221',
900: '#281616',
},
}
$base: #D84641; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F2; $base-100: #F9DDDC; $base-200: #F1BDBB; $base-300: #E2908D; $base-400: #D06662; $base-500: #B54440; $base-600: #8A3B38; $base-700: #622F2D; $base-800: #402221; $base-900: #281616; $base-hover: #BA2B26; $base-subtle: #EECCCB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D84641",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DDDC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BDBB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E2908D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D06662",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B54440",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8A3B38",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622F2D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402221",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281616",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}