#E08652 is a mid-toned, warm amber. 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 #E08652 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E08652 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Cadmium Orange as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cadmium Orange holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Cadmium Orange opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cadmium Orange 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.
Cadmium Orange 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 Cadmium Orange carrying the quiet middle.
How #E08652 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 #E08652 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E08652;
--color-base-rgb: 224 134 82;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(70.6% 0.129 49.5);
--color-50: #FDF6F1;
--color-100: #FAE7DB;
--color-200: #F3CFBA;
--color-300: #E5AC8A;
--color-400: #D38A5F;
--color-500: #B86A3D;
--color-600: #8C5535;
--color-700: #64402B;
--color-800: #412C20;
--color-900: #281C15;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cadmium-orange: {
50: '#FDF6F1',
100: '#FAE7DB',
200: '#F3CFBA',
300: '#E5AC8A',
400: '#D38A5F',
500: '#B86A3D',
600: '#8C5535',
700: '#64402B',
800: '#412C20',
900: '#281C15',
},
}
$base: #E08652; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF6F1; $base-100: #FAE7DB; $base-200: #F3CFBA; $base-300: #E5AC8A; $base-400: #D38A5F; $base-500: #B86A3D; $base-600: #8C5535; $base-700: #64402B; $base-800: #412C20; $base-900: #281C15; $base-hover: #D06425; $base-subtle: #F1DCD0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E08652",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAE7DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3CFBA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E5AC8A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D38A5F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B86A3D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C5535",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#64402B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412C20",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281C15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}