#E87F07 is a mid-toned, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, bold and ownable. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #E87F07 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E87F07 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 #E87F07 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 #E87F07 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E87F07;
--color-base-rgb: 232 127 7;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(69.9% 0.166 58.0);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDECD8;
--color-200: #FCD9B1;
--color-300: #F4BC7B;
--color-400: #E79E4B;
--color-500: #CD8028;
--color-600: #9B6526;
--color-700: #6D4A21;
--color-800: #47321A;
--color-900: #2B1F12;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cadmium-orange: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDECD8',
200: '#FCD9B1',
300: '#F4BC7B',
400: '#E79E4B',
500: '#CD8028',
600: '#9B6526',
700: '#6D4A21',
800: '#47321A',
900: '#2B1F12',
},
}
$base: #E87F07; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDECD8; $base-200: #FCD9B1; $base-300: #F4BC7B; $base-400: #E79E4B; $base-500: #CD8028; $base-600: #9B6526; $base-700: #6D4A21; $base-800: #47321A; $base-900: #2B1F12; $base-hover: #BA6606; $base-subtle: #F3D8B9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E87F07",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDECD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCD9B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F4BC7B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E79E4B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CD8028",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B6526",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D4A21",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47321A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1F12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}