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4-Color Pastel Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Light · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Pastel Palette

4-color palette · Warm temperature · Light tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Pastel 4 colors Warm Light Monochromatic

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-pastel-1: #AD8B73;
  --c-pastel-2: #CEAB93;
  --c-pastel-3: #E3CAA5;
  --c-pastel-4: #FFFBE9;
}

About this palette

This 4-color pastel palette runs from pale yellow (#FFFBE9) as its lightest tone to muted orange (#AD8B73) as its darkest. It blends muted orange, orange, light orange and pale yellow into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. None of the 6 in-palette color pairings clear the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1), so pair these colors with black or white for body text.

Gentle, low-saturation tones — ideal for wedding sites, baby brands, soft hero sections, and editorial layouts that lead with whitespace.

Color breakdown

Muted orange #AD8B73

RGB: rgb(173, 139, 115)
HSL: hsl(25, 26%, 56%)
Luminance: 0.286

Orange #CEAB93

RGB: rgb(206, 171, 147)
HSL: hsl(24, 38%, 69%)
Luminance: 0.444

Light orange #E3CAA5

RGB: rgb(227, 202, 165)
HSL: hsl(36, 53%, 77%)
Luminance: 0.613

Pale yellow #FFFBE9

RGB: rgb(255, 251, 233)
HSL: hsl(49, 100%, 96%)
Luminance: 0.961

Contrast & accessibility

0 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #AD8B73 on #FFFBE9 3.01:1 AA Large

Aa #CEAB93 on #FFFBE9 2.05:1 Fail

Aa #AD8B73 on #E3CAA5 1.97:1 Fail

Aa #E3CAA5 on #FFFBE9 1.53:1 Fail

Aa #AD8B73 on #CEAB93 1.47:1 Fail

Aa #CEAB93 on #E3CAA5 1.34:1 Fail

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