Brown — 11-step color scale

Brown (#a52a2a) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is Brown composited over white or black at a decreasing opacity, so the whole ramp stays in one hue family instead of drifting toward another color at the ends.

Open Brown in the generator

8%50

24%100

40%200

56%300

80%400

100%500your color

80%600

56%700

40%800

24%900

8%950

Each step is the base composited over white or black at the opacity shown.#a52a2a

For text that needs to pass AA on white, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 950 clear the 4.5:1 line. On a dark surface, 50, 100, 200, 300 do.

Semantic colors from Brown

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from Brown itself, then checked so they stay distinguishable from the base — and from each other — under the three types of color blindness. The distance below is CIEDE2000 after each simulation.

Derived from #a52a2a

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#007134	12.4	5.5	58.0
warning#934500	10.0	4.6	5.2
error#b83d60	19.2	12.5	7.8
discovery#4550b6	43.0	51.2	57.8
info#00668e	34.4	42.4	53.2
neutral#735e5e	15.1	16.6	21.0

CIEDE2000 distance from the base under each simulation. The lowest of the three decides, and a dot marks the ones that land under 11.

The warning suggestion starts out colliding with Brown under Deuteranopia — ΔE₀₀ 4.6, below the 11 threshold — so the engine shifts its hue within the warning family until the pair pulls apart again.

Export Brown

The same five formats the generator produces, for this scale. Copy any block, or open the tool to tweak the ramp first.

CSS

:root {
  --color-color-50: #f8eeee;
  --color-color-100: #e9cccc;
  --color-color-200: #dbaaaa;
  --color-color-300: #cd8888;
  --color-color-400: #b75555;
  --color-color-500: #a52a2a;
  --color-color-600: #842222;
  --color-color-700: #5c1818;
  --color-color-800: #421111;
  --color-color-900: #280a0a;
  --color-color-950: #0d0303;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #f8eeee;
$color-color-100: #e9cccc;
$color-color-200: #dbaaaa;
$color-color-300: #cd8888;
$color-color-400: #b75555;
$color-color-500: #a52a2a;
$color-color-600: #842222;
$color-color-700: #5c1818;
$color-color-800: #421111;
$color-color-900: #280a0a;
$color-color-950: #0d0303;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#f8eeee',
  100: '#e9cccc',
  200: '#dbaaaa',
  300: '#cd8888',
  400: '#b75555',
  500: '#a52a2a',
  600: '#842222',
  700: '#5c1818',
  800: '#421111',
  900: '#280a0a',
  950: '#0d0303',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#f8eeee",
    "100": "#e9cccc",
    "200": "#dbaaaa",
    "300": "#cd8888",
    "400": "#b75555",
    "500": "#a52a2a",
    "600": "#842222",
    "700": "#5c1818",
    "800": "#421111",
    "900": "#280a0a",
    "950": "#0d0303"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9725490196078431,
          0.9333333333333333,
          0.9333333333333333
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F8EEEE"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9137254901960784,
          0.8,
          0.8
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#E9CCCC"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8588235294117647,
          0.6666666666666666,
          0.6666666666666666
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#DBAAAA"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.803921568627451,
          0.5333333333333333,
          0.5333333333333333
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#CD8888"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.7176470588235294,
          0.3333333333333333,
          0.3333333333333333
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#B75555"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.6470588235294118,
          0.16470588235294117,
          0.16470588235294117
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#A52A2A"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.5176470588235295,
          0.13333333333333333,
          0.13333333333333333
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#842222"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.3607843137254902,
          0.09411764705882353,
          0.09411764705882353
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#5C1818"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.25882352941176473,
          0.06666666666666667,
          0.06666666666666667
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#421111"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.1568627450980392,
          0.0392156862745098,
          0.0392156862745098
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#280A0A"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.050980392156862744,
          0.011764705882352941,
          0.011764705882352941
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#0D0303"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Brown in the generator How the scale is built