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Warm burgundy
A True Autumn color
Warm burgundy
anchor color 10 of 10 in True Autumn. Also called Warm Autumn in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
- Hex
- #8C3A2A
- RGB
- 140, 58, 42
- HSL
- 10°, 54%, 36%
Warm burgundy is the True Autumn deep red: a brown-leaning burgundy with no blue in it. It is the darkest red in the palette and the one to buy when everyone else is buying wine. Eleven points from Dark Autumn's mahogany, and a long way from the cool burgundies of the Winters.
Where it sits
Warm burgundy is an anchor color in True Autumn. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Mahogany #6B2A1A, a Dark Autumn color, at a distance of 11: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
At RGB 140, 58, 42 the red leads, the green is low and the blue lower still. The blue sitting below the green is the point: a cool burgundy has the blue ahead. That order makes it a brick-brown red. It is the color of dried chili or old brick. Darken it and it becomes Dark Autumn's mahogany; add blue and it becomes the cranberry and black cherry of Deep Winter.
A True Autumn wears it as her dark red: a knit, a dress, a coat, a lip color, a bag. It has the weight of burgundy and the warmth the season needs. It works with warm cream, golden tan and dark chocolate, and it pairs well with moss green and mustard.
Retail calls it brick, russet, henna, cedar, spice and sundried tomato. Boden's Burnt Henna and Spiced Apple, Christy Dawn's Sundried Tomato and STAUD's Cedar have landed on it. Most burgundy for sale each fall is the cool, blue-leaning kind, so check the photo against white: this one shows brown at the edges, never purple.
Easily confused with
The nearest color is Dark Autumn's mahogany at eleven points, deeper and browner. Nothing else is within nineteen points. Dark Autumn has a color with the same name, warm burgundy, at twenty-two points: it is bluer and closer to wine. Deep Winter's cranberry is twenty-three points off and plainly cool. The burgundy most stores sell sits near those last two, which is why True Autumns so often end up in the wrong one.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Mahogany #6B2A1A
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 11
Burnt orange #A8501E
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 19
Soft rust #A96A4A
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 20
Terracotta #C46A45
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 21
Warm burgundy #6E2233
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 22
Cranberry #8A1538
Deep Winter anchor · ΔE 23
In stock in this color today
As of November 11, 2026, 6 in-stock pieces across Boden sample within a close match of #8C3A2A. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
What it's sold as
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #8C3A2A today, so they are the words to search for.
- Boden
- Burnt Orange, Spiced Apple, Burnt Henna
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Questions
Is warm burgundy a True Autumn color?
Yes. Warm burgundy (#8C3A2A) is an anchor color in the True Autumn palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
Is warm burgundy the same for True Autumn and Dark Autumn?
No, despite the name. They are twenty-two points apart. True Autumn's is a brick-brown red. Dark Autumn's is deeper and closer to wine. A Dark Autumn can wear both; a True Autumn is better in her own.
How do I tell warm burgundy from cool burgundy?
Hold it against white paper in daylight. Warm burgundy shows brown or brick at the edges. Cool burgundy shows purple or blue. The cool one belongs to the Winters and looks harsh on a True Autumn.
What colors go with warm burgundy?
For a True Autumn: warm cream, golden tan, dark chocolate, moss green, mustard, warm teal and golden brown. Burgundy with moss green is the pairing to try first. Avoid black, which makes it look muddy, and cool pink.
Can a Dark Autumn wear True Autumn's warm burgundy?
Yes. Dark Autumn's mahogany is eleven points away. On a Dark Autumn it reads a shade light and brick-like, and it works with her espresso and deep teal.
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