Coco Muck `#994A25`

Coco Muck (#994A25) is a mid-tone, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 44°, lightness 0.5 and chroma 0.117. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX	`#994A25`
RGB	`rgb(153, 74, 37)`
HSL	`hsl(19, 61%, 37%)`
HSV	`hsv(19, 76%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 52%, 76%, 40%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(40.9 30.3 36.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.502 0.117 44)`

How Coco Muck behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Coco Muck is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #9a4720 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #9c4a23 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #994a25 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #994b26 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Coco Muck in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.25:1 and against black 3.36:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Coco Muck

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e8a68a · #c57d5e · #994a25 · #7a320c · #4c1800 · #210400

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#a67f43 · #a1652f · #994a25 · #853730 · #6e2835 · #551b35

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#cabf8f · #b59e3f · #8b8158 · #994a25 · #733314 · #511a00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#56c9f1 · #977d73 · #994a25 · #623a28 · #411f0f · #1e0902

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e7f4fa · #c4b2aa · #768084 · #994a25 · #58463f · #000203

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f4fa · #becdd3 · #90a2a9 · #152c34 · #000910 · #994a25

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dbdab4 · #cea983 · #3a92f5 · #994a25 · #3e4d83 · #10082d

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#ceddbe · #8ab8de · #799d98 · #994a25 · #465649 · #150e03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ddfaeb · #7bc9a6 · #7673c1 · #994a25 · #45417e · #000502

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e8f7e0 · #9ec486 · #008baf · #994a25 · #5e3870 · #000409

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#AC6546 · #C08064 · #D29B83 · #E5B6A3 · #F7D2C3

Shades

#823B19 · #6B2C0C · #551E01 · #3F1200 · #290800

Muted

#8F5136 · #845744 · #795C50

Using Coco Muck

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.