Warm mushroom

Where it sits

Soft Autumn palette

Warm mushroom is an anchor color in Soft Autumn. Its closest relative outside the palette is Warm grey #A79E92, a Bright Spring color, at a perceptual distance of 7. That is near enough for that season to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in its own palette.

At RGB 162, 145, 126 the red leads, the green is close behind and the blue is lower, with small gaps between all three. The small gaps make it a neutral. The order, red then green then blue, gives the warm cast. It is the color of the underside of a mushroom cap. Remove the warmth and it becomes True Summer's grey-taupe; lighten it and it becomes the warm greys of the Springs.

A Soft Autumn wears it wherever another season would wear grey: tailoring, knitwear, coats, trousers. It is quiet enough to disappear and warm enough not to drain the skin. It works with oyster and soft chocolate, and it sits under sage green, dusty terracotta and warm dusty rose.

Retail calls it mushroom, portabella, taupe, cappuccino, dune and woodsmoke. Boden's Cappuccino, Marine Layer's Portabella and Woodsmoke and STAUD's Dune have landed on it. It is a staple and in stores all year. The version to avoid is the cool grey sold as mushroom, which reads pink or blue against white.

Easily confused with

Soft Autumn's own warm taupe is two points away and its mushroom grey three; nobody can separate them on a rail. Bright Spring's warm grey is seven points off and True Summer's grey-taupe nine, both a little cooler and close enough to pass. Soft Summer's dove taupe and Light Spring's light warm grey are about twelve points away and lighter. A neutral this soft crosses seasons easily, so the check is the cast against white: sandy is right, pink is a Summer's.

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).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 18 in-stock pieces across STAUD, Marine Layer, Boden and Frank & Eileen sample within a close match of #A2917E. 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.

Mabel Sweater

Sesame

$345 at STAUD

Josette Suede Shirt

Dune

$1295 at STAUD

Enya Top

Sesame

$207 at STAUD

Leather Card Holder

Pewter

$45 at Boden

Allison Pleated Wide Leg Trouser

Portabella

$110 at Marine Layer

Maggie Funnel Neck Sweater

Almond

$118 at Marine Layer

Marina Quilted Liner Jacket

Caramel

$100 at Marine Layer

Cotswolds Vest

Camel

$369 at Frank & Eileen

Roxana Top

Teak

$595 at STAUD

Hugo Suede Jacket

Dune

$1495 at STAUD

Camila Maxi Dress

Navy Seashell

$158 at Marine Layer

Linen Cargo Pant

Sage

$110 at Marine Layer

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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 #A2917E today, so they are the words to search for.

STAUD

Sesame, Dune, Teak, Taupe, Cliffside

Marine Layer

Portabella, Almond, Caramel, Navy Seashell, Sage, Sea Spray

Boden

Pewter

Frank & Eileen

Camel

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

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