Annatto

#8c5341

Richer burnt orange-brown with subdued, earthy warmth

Save
Share

About Annatto

Annatto's got more orange in its DNA than anything else in this corner of the family. It's warmer and slightly more saturated than , which means it actually feels like an orange that decided to go earthy instead of a brown pretending it used to be warm. You notice the difference the moment you drop it next to or , those two have made peace with being brown. This one hasn't.

Pull it for food and beverage packaging, craft product pages, and editorial accents where you need heat that reads intentional but grounded. It lands cleanly on light backgrounds without flattening the way can, and it won't shift into that sepia territory sometimes finds. Works particularly well in buttons, type highlights, or small UI details where you want warmth that actually registers without feeling aggressive.

Pair it next to cream or warm grays and it settles. Against pure white it leans noticeably toward orange, so test first, but that's also what keeps it from disappearing into the layout the way deeper browns sometimes do.

Gradient preview

See how this color looks in an animated mesh gradient.

Conversions

Click any value to copy.

Need this programmatically? Color API

Code snippets

Copy this color into your project.

Contrast checker

WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

Aa
6.12:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

Aa
5.62:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

Aa
2.89:1Fail

On Black #000000

Aa
3.43:1FailAA Large

Variations

Shades

Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.

Tints

Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.

Tones

Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.

Hues

Hue rotations around the color wheel.

Temperatures

Warm and cool shifts of this color.

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split Complementary
Tetradic

Suggested palettes

Palettes built around this color.

4 colors
3 colors
4 colors
4 colors

Community palettes

Published palettes that include this color.

Similar colors

#81544a
#965a3e
#995533
#855e42
#875f42

Create a gradient with Annatto

Open the generator with this color pre-loaded.

Start creating