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4-Color Emergency Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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4-Color Emergency Palette

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

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Earthy 4 colors Warm Mixed Analogous

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #000000;
  --c-earthy-2: #8E1616;
  --c-earthy-3: #E8C999;
  --c-earthy-4: #F8EEDF;
}

About this palette

This 4-color earthy palette runs from Ambient Glow (#F8EEDF) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Black, Emergency, Golden Talisman and Ambient Glow 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 #000000 on #F8EEDF at 18.29:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black #000000

RGB: rgb(0, 0, 0)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 0%)
Luminance: 0.000

Emergency #8E1616

RGB: rgb(142, 22, 22)
HSL: hsl(0, 73%, 32%)
Luminance: 0.064

Golden Talisman #E8C999

RGB: rgb(232, 201, 153)
HSL: hsl(36, 63%, 75%)
Luminance: 0.612

Ambient Glow #F8EEDF

RGB: rgb(248, 238, 223)
HSL: hsl(36, 64%, 92%)
Luminance: 0.864

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #000000 on #F8EEDF 18.29:1 AAA

Aa #000000 on #E8C999 13.25:1 AAA

Aa #8E1616 on #F8EEDF 8.03:1 AAA

Aa #8E1616 on #E8C999 5.82:1 AA

Aa #000000 on #8E1616 2.28:1 Fail

Aa #E8C999 on #F8EEDF 1.38:1 Fail

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