Burnt Umber #A0450E

About this color

#A0450E is a medium-dark, moderately saturated brown. In OKLCH its lightness is 50%, its chroma 0.135 and its hue 46°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Burnt Umber. White text reads best on it, at 6.26:1.

Colors that go with Burnt Umber

Matches found by rotating Burnt Umber around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Burnt Umber

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Burnt Umber, closest first.

• Pie and Formica
• Cardamom Bazaar
• Maple Harvest
• Harvest Season
• Quince Fireside
• Russet Fireside
• Roast Table
• Caramel Grind

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Burnt Umber, with their ΔE distance.

• Russet #A13905 ΔE 0.023
• Warm Brown #964E02 ΔE 0.028
• Sienna #A0522D ΔE 0.031
• Cinnamon #AC4F06 ΔE 0.035
• Brick #A03623 ΔE 0.038
• Saddle Brown #8B4513 ΔE 0.041
• Rusty Red #AF2F0D ΔE 0.045
• Rust Red #AA2704 ΔE 0.052

More about Burnt Umber

• Shades of brown
• What brown means

How to make Burnt Umber

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts brown
• 2 parts red
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #97452B, a difference of ΔE 0.028 from Burnt Umber. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make brown? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Burnt Umber in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Burnt Umber

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 700.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FBF4F1

   oklch(97.2% 0.009 44.9)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F5E6E0

   oklch(93.5% 0.018 43.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #EFD2C6

   oklch(88.5% 0.037 43.8)

4. Step 300

   300

   #E5B49E

   oklch(80.9% 0.065 45.4)

5. Step 400

   400

   #D78B68

   oklch(70.7% 0.105 45.3)

6. Step 500

   500

   #CA6C3D

   oklch(63.1% 0.134 45.7)

7. Step 600

   600

   #B65118

   oklch(55.6% 0.146 45.2)

8. Step 700

   700 (this color)

   #A0450E

   oklch(50.3% 0.135 45.6)

9. Step 800

   800

   #7F370D

   oklch(42.8% 0.112 45.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #663014

    oklch(37.6% 0.087 45.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3C1D0D

    oklch(27% 0.055 46.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Burnt Umber with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.