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4-Color Wax Yellow Palette

4-color palette · Neutral · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Wax Yellow Palette

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

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Muted 4 colors Neutral Mixed Analogous

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #373331;
  --c-muted-2: #605A56;
  --c-muted-3: #80AC7B;
  --c-muted-4: #E8EAA1;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Wax Yellow (#E8EAA1) as its lightest tone to Gondola (#373331) as its darkest. It blends Gondola, Mountain Quail, Verdant Haven and Wax Yellow into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 3 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #373331 on #E8EAA1 at 9.95:1.

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

Color breakdown

Gondola #373331

RGB: rgb(55, 51, 49)
HSL: hsl(20, 6%, 20%)
Luminance: 0.034

Mountain Quail #605A56

RGB: rgb(96, 90, 86)
HSL: hsl(24, 5%, 36%)
Luminance: 0.105

Verdant Haven #80AC7B

RGB: rgb(128, 172, 123)
HSL: hsl(114, 23%, 58%)
Luminance: 0.355

Wax Yellow #E8EAA1

RGB: rgb(232, 234, 161)
HSL: hsl(62, 63%, 77%)
Luminance: 0.786

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #373331 on #E8EAA1 9.95:1 AAA

Aa #605A56 on #E8EAA1 5.40:1 AA

Aa #373331 on #80AC7B 4.82:1 AA

Aa #605A56 on #80AC7B 2.62:1 Fail

Aa #80AC7B on #E8EAA1 2.06:1 Fail

Aa #373331 on #605A56 1.84:1 Fail

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