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4-Color Tonic Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Tonic Palette

4-color palette · Neutral temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Earthy 4 colors Neutral Mixed Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #EEEDDE;
  --c-earthy-2: #E0DDAA;
  --c-earthy-3: #203239;
  --c-earthy-4: #141E27;
}

About this palette

This 4-color earthy palette runs from Onion Skin (#EEEDDE) as its lightest tone to Coarse Wool (#141E27) as its darkest. It blends Onion Skin, Tonic, Elderberry Black and Coarse Wool into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #EEEDDE on #141E27 at 14.3:1.

Grounded, natural tones — suits sustainability/organic brands, coffee shops, outdoor gear, and warm editorial typography.

Color breakdown

Onion Skin #EEEDDE

RGB: rgb(238, 237, 222)
HSL: hsl(56, 32%, 90%)
Luminance: 0.840

Tonic #E0DDAA

RGB: rgb(224, 221, 170)
HSL: hsl(57, 47%, 77%)
Luminance: 0.705

Elderberry Black #203239

RGB: rgb(32, 50, 57)
HSL: hsl(197, 28%, 17%)
Luminance: 0.029

Coarse Wool #141E27

RGB: rgb(20, 30, 39)
HSL: hsl(208, 32%, 12%)
Luminance: 0.012

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #EEEDDE on #141E27 14.30:1 AAA

Aa #E0DDAA on #141E27 12.12:1 AAA

Aa #EEEDDE on #203239 11.29:1 AAA

Aa #E0DDAA on #203239 9.57:1 AAA

Aa #203239 on #141E27 1.27:1 Fail

Aa #EEEDDE on #E0DDAA 1.18:1 Fail

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