#ECB692 is a soft, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #ECB692 works with other colors. Named schemes with #ECB692 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Burlywood as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Burlywood 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.
Burlywood holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Burlywood opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Burlywood 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 Burlywood carrying the quiet middle.
How #ECB692 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 #ECB692 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ECB692;
--color-base-rgb: 236 182 146;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.7% 0.079 55.0);
--color-50: #FDF6F1;
--color-100: #FAE8DB;
--color-200: #F3D1BA;
--color-300: #E5AF8A;
--color-400: #D38D5F;
--color-500: #B86E3D;
--color-600: #8C5835;
--color-700: #64422B;
--color-800: #412D20;
--color-900: #281D15;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
burlywood: {
50: '#FDF6F1',
100: '#FAE8DB',
200: '#F3D1BA',
300: '#E5AF8A',
400: '#D38D5F',
500: '#B86E3D',
600: '#8C5835',
700: '#64422B',
800: '#412D20',
900: '#281D15',
},
}
$base: #ECB692; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF6F1; $base-100: #FAE8DB; $base-200: #F3D1BA; $base-300: #E5AF8A; $base-400: #D38D5F; $base-500: #B86E3D; $base-600: #8C5835; $base-700: #64422B; $base-800: #412D20; $base-900: #281D15; $base-hover: #E08B52; $base-subtle: #F6EAE2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ECB692",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FAE8DB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3D1BA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E5AF8A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D38D5F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B86E3D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C5835",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#64422B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412D20",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281D15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}