Brown and Cream color palette
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The brown here is grounded and earthy, closer to roasted coffee or worn leather than chocolate. Against a soft cream that leans faintly yellow, the pair reads quiet and warm rather than stark, though the measures a strong 6.3 to 1.
In interiors, this is the logic behind wood floors with off-white walls, or a cream sofa on a walnut frame. The brown carries weight while the cream keeps a room from feeling dim.
For bakeries, coffee roasters, skincare, and small craft labels, the 64 degrees between keeps both warm, so the blend lands as a muted tan (#BBA589) that suits borders and secondary type.
See Brown and Cream in use
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Brown Tailwind scale (50-900)
Cream Tailwind scale (50-900)
Brown to Cream blend
A continuous interpolation from Brown to Cream, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Brown and Cream blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Brown and Cream can be used together as text and background.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Brown steps, columns are Cream steps. Each mark is a Brown step shown on a Cream step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-brown-50: #F7F4F3;
--color-brown-100: #EEE9E7;
--color-brown-200: #E1D7D4;
--color-brown-300: #CEBFB9;
--color-brown-400: #B49E96;
--color-brown-500: #795548;
--color-brown-600: #624439;
--color-brown-700: #483129;
--color-brown-800: #281A14;
--color-brown-900: #0D0705;
--color-cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--color-cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--color-cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--color-cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--color-cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--color-cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--color-cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--color-cream-700: #9E9D80;
--color-cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--color-cream-900: #29281F;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'brown': {
50: '#F7F4F3',
100: '#EEE9E7',
200: '#E1D7D4',
300: '#CEBFB9',
400: '#B49E96',
500: '#795548',
600: '#624439',
700: '#483129',
800: '#281A14',
900: '#0D0705',
},
'cream': {
50: '#FFFFFC',
100: '#FFFFFA',
200: '#FFFFF5',
300: '#FFFEEE',
400: '#FFFEE6',
500: '#FFFDD0',
600: '#D1CFAA',
700: '#9E9D80',
800: '#5D5D4B',
900: '#29281F',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--brown-50: #F7F4F3;
--brown-100: #EEE9E7;
--brown-200: #E1D7D4;
--brown-300: #CEBFB9;
--brown-400: #B49E96;
--brown-500: #795548;
--brown-600: #624439;
--brown-700: #483129;
--brown-800: #281A14;
--brown-900: #0D0705;
--cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--cream-700: #9E9D80;
--cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--cream-900: #29281F;
}SCSS variables
$brown-50: #F7F4F3; $brown-100: #EEE9E7; $brown-200: #E1D7D4; $brown-300: #CEBFB9; $brown-400: #B49E96; $brown-500: #795548; $brown-600: #624439; $brown-700: #483129; $brown-800: #281A14; $brown-900: #0D0705; $cream-50: #FFFFFC; $cream-100: #FFFFFA; $cream-200: #FFFFF5; $cream-300: #FFFEEE; $cream-400: #FFFEE6; $cream-500: #FFFDD0; $cream-600: #D1CFAA; $cream-700: #9E9D80; $cream-800: #5D5D4B; $cream-900: #29281F;
JSON tokens
{
"brown": {
"50": "#F7F4F3",
"100": "#EEE9E7",
"200": "#E1D7D4",
"300": "#CEBFB9",
"400": "#B49E96",
"500": "#795548",
"600": "#624439",
"700": "#483129",
"800": "#281A14",
"900": "#0D0705"
},
"cream": {
"50": "#FFFFFC",
"100": "#FFFFFA",
"200": "#FFFFF5",
"300": "#FFFEEE",
"400": "#FFFEE6",
"500": "#FFFDD0",
"600": "#D1CFAA",
"700": "#9E9D80",
"800": "#5D5D4B",
"900": "#29281F"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Brown and Cream); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.