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Crimson Gold

Crimson Gold

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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Crimson Gold

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

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Vibrant 8 colors Warm Mixed Analogous red warm yellow crimson
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #3A0000;
  --c-vibrant-2: #590000;
  --c-vibrant-3: #7C0300;
  --c-vibrant-4: #C02B18;
  --c-vibrant-5: #E04217;
  --c-vibrant-6: #F26D1F;
  --c-vibrant-7: #FF933A;
  --c-vibrant-8: #FFCE59;
}

About this palette

This 8-color vibrant palette runs from Casandora Yellow (#FFCE59) as its lightest tone to Old Brown Crayon (#3A0000) as its darkest. It blends Old Brown Crayon, Soooo Bloody, Maroon, Red Death, Tail Lights, Apocalyptic Orange, Joyful Orange and Casandora Yellow into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 8 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #3A0000 on #FFCE59 at 12.06:1.

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

Color breakdown

Old Brown Crayon #3A0000
RGB
rgb(58, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 11%)
Luminance
0.009
Soooo Bloody #590000
RGB
rgb(89, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 17%)
Luminance
0.021
Maroon #7C0300
RGB
rgb(124, 3, 0)
HSL
hsl(1, 100%, 24%)
Luminance
0.044
Red Death #C02B18
RGB
rgb(192, 43, 24)
HSL
hsl(7, 78%, 42%)
Luminance
0.130
Tail Lights #E04217
RGB
rgb(224, 66, 23)
HSL
hsl(13, 81%, 48%)
Luminance
0.198
Apocalyptic Orange #F26D1F
RGB
rgb(242, 109, 31)
HSL
hsl(22, 89%, 54%)
Luminance
0.299
Joyful Orange #FF933A
RGB
rgb(255, 147, 58)
HSL
hsl(27, 100%, 61%)
Luminance
0.424
Casandora Yellow #FFCE59
RGB
rgb(255, 206, 89)
HSL
hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
Luminance
0.661

Contrast & accessibility

8 of 28 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #3A0000 on #FFCE59 12.06:1 AAA
Aa #590000 on #FFCE59 9.98:1 AAA
Aa #3A0000 on #FF933A 8.04:1 AAA
Aa #7C0300 on #FFCE59 7.61:1 AAA
Aa #590000 on #FF933A 6.66:1 AA
Aa #3A0000 on #F26D1F 5.92:1 AA
Aa #7C0300 on #FF933A 5.07:1 AA
Aa #590000 on #F26D1F 4.90:1 AA
Aa #3A0000 on #E04217 4.20:1 AA Large
Aa #C02B18 on #FFCE59 3.95:1 AA Large
Aa #7C0300 on #F26D1F 3.73:1 AA Large
Aa #590000 on #E04217 3.48:1 AA Large
Aa #3A0000 on #C02B18 3.05:1 AA Large
Aa #E04217 on #FFCE59 2.87:1 Fail
Aa #7C0300 on #E04217 2.65:1 Fail
Aa #C02B18 on #FF933A 2.64:1 Fail
Aa #590000 on #C02B18 2.53:1 Fail
Aa #F26D1F on #FFCE59 2.04:1 Fail
Aa #C02B18 on #F26D1F 1.94:1 Fail
Aa #7C0300 on #C02B18 1.93:1 Fail
Aa #E04217 on #FF933A 1.91:1 Fail
Aa #3A0000 on #7C0300 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #FF933A on #FFCE59 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #E04217 on #F26D1F 1.41:1 Fail
Aa #C02B18 on #E04217 1.38:1 Fail
Aa #F26D1F on #FF933A 1.36:1 Fail
Aa #590000 on #7C0300 1.31:1 Fail
Aa #3A0000 on #590000 1.21:1 Fail

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