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Illumination

Illumination

5-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Illumination

5-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 5 colors Warm Mixed Complementary
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Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #F0F2CA;
  --c-muted-2: #E7C488;
  --c-muted-3: #807283;
  --c-muted-4: #544158;
  --c-muted-5: #20172B;
}

About this palette

This 5-color muted palette runs from Silky Yoghurt (#F0F2CA) as its lightest tone to Sambucus (#20172B) as its darkest. It blends Silky Yoghurt, White Raisin, Decorative Iris, Purple Bloom and Sambucus into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F0F2CA on #20172B at 14.98:1.

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

Color breakdown

Silky Yoghurt #F0F2CA
RGB
rgb(240, 242, 202)
HSL
hsl(63, 61%, 87%)
Luminance
0.863
White Raisin #E7C488
RGB
rgb(231, 196, 136)
HSL
hsl(38, 66%, 72%)
Luminance
0.583
Decorative Iris #807283
RGB
rgb(128, 114, 131)
HSL
hsl(289, 7%, 48%)
Luminance
0.183
Purple Bloom #544158
RGB
rgb(84, 65, 88)
HSL
hsl(290, 15%, 30%)
Luminance
0.064
Sambucus #20172B
RGB
rgb(32, 23, 43)
HSL
hsl(267, 30%, 13%)
Luminance
0.011

Contrast & accessibility

4 of 10 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #F0F2CA on #20172B 14.98:1 AAA
Aa #E7C488 on #20172B 10.38:1 AAA
Aa #F0F2CA on #544158 8.03:1 AAA
Aa #E7C488 on #544158 5.56:1 AA
Aa #F0F2CA on #807283 3.92:1 AA Large
Aa #807283 on #20172B 3.82:1 AA Large
Aa #E7C488 on #807283 2.72:1 Fail
Aa #807283 on #544158 2.05:1 Fail
Aa #544158 on #20172B 1.87:1 Fail
Aa #F0F2CA on #E7C488 1.44:1 Fail

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