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Paper Tigers

Paper Tigers

4-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Monochromatic harmony

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Paper Tigers

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

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Muted 4 colors Warm Mixed Monochromatic warm paper brown beige
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #191818;
  --c-muted-2: #81634D;
  --c-muted-3: #A5906D;
  --c-muted-4: #D4C8BB;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Lucky Dog (#D4C8BB) as its lightest tone to Thamar Black (#191818) as its darkest. It blends Thamar Black, Burnt Terra, Rodeo Roundup and Lucky Dog into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #191818 on #D4C8BB at 10.78:1.

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

Color breakdown

Thamar Black #191818
RGB
rgb(25, 24, 24)
HSL
hsl(0, 2%, 10%)
Luminance
0.009
Burnt Terra #81634D
RGB
rgb(129, 99, 77)
HSL
hsl(25, 25%, 40%)
Luminance
0.141
Rodeo Roundup #A5906D
RGB
rgb(165, 144, 109)
HSL
hsl(38, 24%, 54%)
Luminance
0.291
Lucky Dog #D4C8BB
RGB
rgb(212, 200, 187)
HSL
hsl(31, 23%, 78%)
Luminance
0.589

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #191818 on #D4C8BB 10.78:1 AAA
Aa #191818 on #A5906D 5.75:1 AA
Aa #81634D on #D4C8BB 3.34:1 AA Large
Aa #191818 on #81634D 3.23:1 AA Large
Aa #A5906D on #D4C8BB 1.88:1 Fail
Aa #81634D on #A5906D 1.78:1 Fail

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