#EA7B36 is a mid-toned, warm amber. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #EA7B36 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EA7B36 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Princeton Orange as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Princeton Orange holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Princeton Orange opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Princeton 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.
Princeton 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 Princeton Orange carrying the quiet middle.
How #EA7B36 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 #EA7B36 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EA7B36;
--color-base-rgb: 234 123 54;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(69.8% 0.159 49.1);
--color-50: #FEF6F1;
--color-100: #FCE7D9;
--color-200: #F7CFB5;
--color-300: #ECAB83;
--color-400: #DC8956;
--color-500: #C26A33;
--color-600: #93552E;
--color-700: #684027;
--color-800: #442C1D;
--color-900: #2A1C14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
princeton-orange: {
50: '#FEF6F1',
100: '#FCE7D9',
200: '#F7CFB5',
300: '#ECAB83',
400: '#DC8956',
500: '#C26A33',
600: '#93552E',
700: '#684027',
800: '#442C1D',
900: '#2A1C14',
},
}
$base: #EA7B36; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF6F1; $base-100: #FCE7D9; $base-200: #F7CFB5; $base-300: #ECAB83; $base-400: #DC8956; $base-500: #C26A33; $base-600: #93552E; $base-700: #684027; $base-800: #442C1D; $base-900: #2A1C14; $base-hover: #CF5D16; $base-subtle: #F2D9C9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EA7B36",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCE7D9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7CFB5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ECAB83",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DC8956",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C26A33",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#93552E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#684027",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#442C1D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1C14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}