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4-Color Barley White Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Light · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Barley White Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Warm Light Analogous

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #AA3A3A;
  --c-muted-2: #A4B787;
  --c-muted-3: #F4F4F4;
  --c-muted-4: #F8E4B7;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Lighthouse (#F4F4F4) as its lightest tone to Indiscreet (#AA3A3A) as its darkest. It blends Indiscreet, Forest Tapestry, Lighthouse and Barley White into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #AA3A3A on #F4F4F4 at 5.66:1.

A versatile palette suitable for marketing pages, product hero blocks, illustrations, and accent UI states.

Color breakdown

Indiscreet #AA3A3A

RGB: rgb(170, 58, 58)
HSL: hsl(0, 49%, 45%)
Luminance: 0.119

Forest Tapestry #A4B787

RGB: rgb(164, 183, 135)
HSL: hsl(84, 25%, 62%)
Luminance: 0.435

Lighthouse #F4F4F4

RGB: rgb(244, 244, 244)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 96%)
Luminance: 0.905

Barley White #F8E4B7

RGB: rgb(248, 228, 183)
HSL: hsl(42, 82%, 85%)
Luminance: 0.789

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #AA3A3A on #F4F4F4 5.66:1 AA

Aa #AA3A3A on #F8E4B7 4.97:1 AA

Aa #AA3A3A on #A4B787 2.87:1 Fail

Aa #A4B787 on #F4F4F4 1.97:1 Fail

Aa #A4B787 on #F8E4B7 1.73:1 Fail

Aa #F4F4F4 on #F8E4B7 1.14:1 Fail

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