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3Bit Cats: Melonyard

3Bit Cats: Melonyard

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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3Bit Cats: Melonyard

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

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Earthy 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary octobit 3bit windfallapples glacier
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #311047;
  --c-earthy-2: #6C855D;
  --c-earthy-3: #9FB364;
  --c-earthy-4: #E5DB48;
  --c-earthy-5: #F7EFBA;
  --c-earthy-6: #E2AE60;
  --c-earthy-7: #B25C34;
  --c-earthy-8: #8B2747;
}

About this palette

This 8-color earthy palette runs from Summer Resort (#F7EFBA) as its lightest tone to Purple Door (#311047) as its darkest. It blends Purple Door, Thicket, Light Birch Green, Citrus Sugar, Summer Resort, Cameleer, Monument Valley and Rumba Red into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 6 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #311047 on #F7EFBA at 13.9:1.

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

Color breakdown

Purple Door #311047
RGB
rgb(49, 16, 71)
HSL
hsl(276, 63%, 17%)
Luminance
0.015
Thicket #6C855D
RGB
rgb(108, 133, 93)
HSL
hsl(98, 18%, 44%)
Luminance
0.208
Light Birch Green #9FB364
RGB
rgb(159, 179, 100)
HSL
hsl(75, 34%, 55%)
Luminance
0.405
Citrus Sugar #E5DB48
RGB
rgb(229, 219, 72)
HSL
hsl(56, 75%, 59%)
Luminance
0.678
Summer Resort #F7EFBA
RGB
rgb(247, 239, 186)
HSL
hsl(52, 79%, 85%)
Luminance
0.851
Cameleer #E2AE60
RGB
rgb(226, 174, 96)
HSL
hsl(36, 69%, 63%)
Luminance
0.473
Monument Valley #B25C34
RGB
rgb(178, 92, 52)
HSL
hsl(19, 55%, 45%)
Luminance
0.174
Rumba Red #8B2747
RGB
rgb(139, 39, 71)
HSL
hsl(341, 56%, 35%)
Luminance
0.074

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #311047 on #F7EFBA 13.90:1 AAA
Aa #311047 on #E5DB48 11.24:1 AAA
Aa #311047 on #E2AE60 8.07:1 AAA
Aa #F7EFBA on #8B2747 7.27:1 AAA
Aa #311047 on #9FB364 7.03:1 AAA
Aa #E5DB48 on #8B2747 5.87:1 AA
Aa #E2AE60 on #8B2747 4.22:1 AA Large
Aa #F7EFBA on #B25C34 4.03:1 AA Large
Aa #311047 on #6C855D 3.98:1 AA Large
Aa #9FB364 on #8B2747 3.67:1 AA Large
Aa #6C855D on #F7EFBA 3.50:1 AA Large
Aa #311047 on #B25C34 3.45:1 AA Large
Aa #E5DB48 on #B25C34 3.25:1 AA Large
Aa #6C855D on #E5DB48 2.83:1 Fail
Aa #E2AE60 on #B25C34 2.34:1 Fail
Aa #6C855D on #8B2747 2.08:1 Fail
Aa #9FB364 on #B25C34 2.04:1 Fail
Aa #6C855D on #E2AE60 2.03:1 Fail
Aa #9FB364 on #F7EFBA 1.98:1 Fail
Aa #311047 on #8B2747 1.91:1 Fail
Aa #B25C34 on #8B2747 1.80:1 Fail
Aa #6C855D on #9FB364 1.77:1 Fail
Aa #F7EFBA on #E2AE60 1.72:1 Fail
Aa #9FB364 on #E5DB48 1.60:1 Fail
Aa #E5DB48 on #E2AE60 1.39:1 Fail
Aa #E5DB48 on #F7EFBA 1.24:1 Fail
Aa #6C855D on #B25C34 1.15:1 Fail
Aa #9FB364 on #E2AE60 1.15:1 Fail

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