#D89352 is a mid-toned, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D89352 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D89352 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Butterscotch as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Butterscotch holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Butterscotch opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Butterscotch 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.
Butterscotch 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 Butterscotch carrying the quiet middle.
How #D89352 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 #D89352 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D89352;
--color-base-rgb: 216 147 82;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(71.9% 0.117 62.4);
--color-50: #FDF7F2;
--color-100: #F8EADD;
--color-200: #F0D5BD;
--color-300: #E0B68F;
--color-400: #CD9765;
--color-500: #B27943;
--color-600: #88603A;
--color-700: #61472E;
--color-800: #403021;
--color-900: #271E16;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
butterscotch: {
50: '#FDF7F2',
100: '#F8EADD',
200: '#F0D5BD',
300: '#E0B68F',
400: '#CD9765',
500: '#B27943',
600: '#88603A',
700: '#61472E',
800: '#403021',
900: '#271E16',
},
}
$base: #D89352; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF7F2; $base-100: #F8EADD; $base-200: #F0D5BD; $base-300: #E0B68F; $base-400: #CD9765; $base-500: #B27943; $base-600: #88603A; $base-700: #61472E; $base-800: #403021; $base-900: #271E16; $base-hover: #C1742C; $base-subtle: #EEDECF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D89352",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF7F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8EADD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0D5BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E0B68F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CD9765",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B27943",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#88603A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#61472E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#403021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271E16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}