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Color City 8

Color City 8

9-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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Color City 8

9-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Triadic harmony

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Earthy 9 colors Warm Mixed Triadic polyphrog forest city
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Colors 9

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #26171B;
  --c-earthy-2: #46474C;
  --c-earthy-3: #7A7070;
  --c-earthy-4: #E0DCA4;
  --c-earthy-5: #B5BD3D;
  --c-earthy-6: #C0552A;
  --c-earthy-7: #6D3E0F;
  --c-earthy-8: #508714;
  --c-earthy-9: #85A796;
}

About this palette

This 9-color earthy palette runs from Buckwheat Groats (#E0DCA4) as its lightest tone to Kurobeni (#26171B) as its darkest. It blends Kurobeni, Midnight Magic, Simple Silhouette, Buckwheat Groats, Hopscotch, Raucous Orange, Sepia, Kelp Forest and Beckett into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 36 color pairings, 6 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #26171B on #E0DCA4 at 12.24:1.

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

Color breakdown

Kurobeni #26171B
RGB
rgb(38, 23, 27)
HSL
hsl(344, 25%, 12%)
Luminance
0.011
Midnight Magic #46474C
RGB
rgb(70, 71, 76)
HSL
hsl(230, 4%, 29%)
Luminance
0.063
Simple Silhouette #7A7070
RGB
rgb(122, 112, 112)
HSL
hsl(0, 4%, 46%)
Luminance
0.169
Buckwheat Groats #E0DCA4
RGB
rgb(224, 220, 164)
HSL
hsl(56, 49%, 76%)
Luminance
0.697
Hopscotch #B5BD3D
RGB
rgb(181, 189, 61)
HSL
hsl(64, 51%, 49%)
Luminance
0.466
Raucous Orange #C0552A
RGB
rgb(192, 85, 42)
HSL
hsl(17, 64%, 46%)
Luminance
0.179
Sepia #6D3E0F
RGB
rgb(109, 62, 15)
HSL
hsl(30, 76%, 24%)
Luminance
0.067
Kelp Forest #508714
RGB
rgb(80, 135, 20)
HSL
hsl(89, 74%, 30%)
Luminance
0.191
Beckett #85A796
RGB
rgb(133, 167, 150)
HSL
hsl(150, 16%, 59%)
Luminance
0.348

Contrast & accessibility

6 of 36 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #26171B on #E0DCA4 12.24:1 AAA
Aa #26171B on #B5BD3D 8.45:1 AAA
Aa #46474C on #E0DCA4 6.59:1 AA
Aa #26171B on #85A796 6.52:1 AA
Aa #E0DCA4 on #6D3E0F 6.37:1 AA
Aa #46474C on #B5BD3D 4.55:1 AA
Aa #B5BD3D on #6D3E0F 4.39:1 AA Large
Aa #26171B on #508714 3.95:1 AA Large
Aa #26171B on #C0552A 3.75:1 AA Large
Aa #26171B on #7A7070 3.59:1 AA Large
Aa #46474C on #85A796 3.51:1 AA Large
Aa #7A7070 on #E0DCA4 3.41:1 AA Large
Aa #6D3E0F on #85A796 3.39:1 AA Large
Aa #E0DCA4 on #C0552A 3.27:1 AA Large
Aa #E0DCA4 on #508714 3.10:1 AA Large
Aa #7A7070 on #B5BD3D 2.35:1 Fail
Aa #B5BD3D on #C0552A 2.25:1 Fail
Aa #B5BD3D on #508714 2.14:1 Fail
Aa #46474C on #508714 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #6D3E0F on #508714 2.05:1 Fail
Aa #46474C on #C0552A 2.02:1 Fail
Aa #C0552A on #6D3E0F 1.95:1 Fail
Aa #46474C on #7A7070 1.93:1 Fail
Aa #26171B on #6D3E0F 1.92:1 Fail
Aa #E0DCA4 on #85A796 1.88:1 Fail
Aa #7A7070 on #6D3E0F 1.87:1 Fail
Aa #26171B on #46474C 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #7A7070 on #85A796 1.82:1 Fail
Aa #C0552A on #85A796 1.74:1 Fail
Aa #508714 on #85A796 1.65:1 Fail
Aa #E0DCA4 on #B5BD3D 1.45:1 Fail
Aa #B5BD3D on #85A796 1.29:1 Fail
Aa #7A7070 on #508714 1.10:1 Fail
Aa #C0552A on #508714 1.05:1 Fail
Aa #46474C on #6D3E0F 1.04:1 Fail
Aa #7A7070 on #C0552A 1.04:1 Fail

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