How to Mix Yellow Ochre in Watercolor

A muted, earthy yellow. The backbone of skin tones and warm neutrals. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #C8A24B in watercolor, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Yellow Ochre

#C8A24B

Mixed result

99% match

From these pigments

#C9A249

Pigment recipe

Checked August 2026

Ratios calibrated for watercolor. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.

1. Titanium White
PW6
73%
2. Burnt Sienna
PBr7
15%
3. Raw Umber
PBr7
12%

What colors make Yellow Ochre?

Titanium White, Burnt Sienna, and Raw Umber, in roughly a 73:15:12 ratio.

How to make Yellow Ochre in watercolor

Start with Titanium White at about 73% as your watercolor base, then work in Burnt Sienna and Raw Umber in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #C8A24B.

Why mix Yellow Ochre instead of buying it

Mixing Yellow Ochre yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Yellow Ochre across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.

Common mistakes

White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.

Get this recipe for your paint brand

Open the live mixer with Yellow Ochre + watercolor pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

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