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The Clumsy Dozen

The Clumsy Dozen

12-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Triadic harmony

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The Clumsy Dozen

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

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Earthy 12 colors Warm Mixed Triadic artist windfallapples glacier
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Colors 12

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #5C0032;
  --c-earthy-2: #B5081F;
  --c-earthy-3: #E97325;
  --c-earthy-4: #F7F131;
  --c-earthy-5: #EEF0E9;
  --c-earthy-6: #BB90A7;
  --c-earthy-7: #6B546A;
  --c-earthy-8: #192116;
  --c-earthy-9: #3E0080;
  --c-earthy-10: #28668F;
  --c-earthy-11: #1ABD94;
  --c-earthy-12: #97E65E;
}

About this palette

This 12-color earthy palette runs from Clean Buffer (#EEF0E9) as its lightest tone to Coco’s Black (#192116) as its darkest. It blends Mulberry Wood, Mammary Red, Autumn Landscape, Pedestrian Lemon, Clean Buffer, Elite Pink, Vintner, Coco’s Black, Marionberry, Starry Night, Aloha and Lilliputian Lime into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 66 color pairings, 25 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #EEF0E9 on #192116 at 14.39:1.

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

Color breakdown

Mulberry Wood #5C0032
RGB
rgb(92, 0, 50)
HSL
hsl(327, 100%, 18%)
Luminance
0.025
Mammary Red #B5081F
RGB
rgb(181, 8, 31)
HSL
hsl(352, 92%, 37%)
Luminance
0.101
Autumn Landscape #E97325
RGB
rgb(233, 115, 37)
HSL
hsl(24, 82%, 53%)
Luminance
0.297
Pedestrian Lemon #F7F131
RGB
rgb(247, 241, 49)
HSL
hsl(58, 93%, 58%)
Luminance
0.829
Clean Buffer #EEF0E9
RGB
rgb(238, 240, 233)
HSL
hsl(77, 19%, 93%)
Luminance
0.864
Elite Pink #BB90A7
RGB
rgb(187, 144, 167)
HSL
hsl(328, 24%, 65%)
Luminance
0.333
Vintner #6B546A
RGB
rgb(107, 84, 106)
HSL
hsl(303, 12%, 37%)
Luminance
0.105
Coco’s Black #192116
RGB
rgb(25, 33, 22)
HSL
hsl(104, 20%, 11%)
Luminance
0.014
Marionberry #3E0080
RGB
rgb(62, 0, 128)
HSL
hsl(269, 100%, 25%)
Luminance
0.026
Starry Night #28668F
RGB
rgb(40, 102, 143)
HSL
hsl(204, 56%, 36%)
Luminance
0.119
Aloha #1ABD94
RGB
rgb(26, 189, 148)
HSL
hsl(165, 76%, 42%)
Luminance
0.388
Lilliputian Lime #97E65E
RGB
rgb(151, 230, 94)
HSL
hsl(95, 73%, 64%)
Luminance
0.640

Contrast & accessibility

25 of 66 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #EEF0E9 on #192116 14.39:1 AAA
Aa #F7F131 on #192116 13.84:1 AAA
Aa #5C0032 on #EEF0E9 12.17:1 AAA
Aa #EEF0E9 on #3E0080 12.05:1 AAA
Aa #5C0032 on #F7F131 11.71:1 AAA
Aa #F7F131 on #3E0080 11.59:1 AAA
Aa #192116 on #97E65E 10.86:1 AAA
Aa #5C0032 on #97E65E 9.19:1 AAA
Aa #3E0080 on #97E65E 9.10:1 AAA
Aa #192116 on #1ABD94 6.89:1 AA
Aa #B5081F on #EEF0E9 6.05:1 AA
Aa #BB90A7 on #192116 6.03:1 AA
Aa #EEF0E9 on #6B546A 5.89:1 AA
Aa #5C0032 on #1ABD94 5.83:1 AA
Aa #B5081F on #F7F131 5.82:1 AA
Aa #3E0080 on #1ABD94 5.77:1 AA
Aa #F7F131 on #6B546A 5.67:1 AA
Aa #E97325 on #192116 5.47:1 AA
Aa #EEF0E9 on #28668F 5.40:1 AA
Aa #F7F131 on #28668F 5.19:1 AA
Aa #5C0032 on #BB90A7 5.10:1 AA
Aa #BB90A7 on #3E0080 5.05:1 AA
Aa #5C0032 on #E97325 4.63:1 AA
Aa #E97325 on #3E0080 4.58:1 AA
Aa #B5081F on #97E65E 4.57:1 AA
Aa #6B546A on #97E65E 4.45:1 AA Large
Aa #28668F on #97E65E 4.07:1 AA Large
Aa #B5081F on #1ABD94 2.90:1 Fail
Aa #6B546A on #1ABD94 2.82:1 Fail
Aa #192116 on #28668F 2.67:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #EEF0E9 2.63:1 Fail
Aa #28668F on #1ABD94 2.58:1 Fail
Aa #B5081F on #BB90A7 2.54:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #F7F131 2.53:1 Fail
Aa #BB90A7 on #6B546A 2.47:1 Fail
Aa #6B546A on #192116 2.44:1 Fail
Aa #EEF0E9 on #BB90A7 2.39:1 Fail
Aa #B5081F on #192116 2.38:1 Fail
Aa #B5081F on #E97325 2.30:1 Fail
Aa #F7F131 on #BB90A7 2.30:1 Fail
Aa #5C0032 on #28668F 2.26:1 Fail
Aa #BB90A7 on #28668F 2.26:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #6B546A 2.24:1 Fail
Aa #3E0080 on #28668F 2.23:1 Fail
Aa #EEF0E9 on #1ABD94 2.09:1 Fail
Aa #5C0032 on #6B546A 2.07:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #28668F 2.05:1 Fail
Aa #6B546A on #3E0080 2.05:1 Fail
Aa #5C0032 on #B5081F 2.01:1 Fail
Aa #F7F131 on #1ABD94 2.01:1 Fail
Aa #B5081F on #3E0080 1.99:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #97E65E 1.99:1 Fail
Aa #BB90A7 on #97E65E 1.80:1 Fail
Aa #1ABD94 on #97E65E 1.58:1 Fail
Aa #EEF0E9 on #97E65E 1.32:1 Fail
Aa #F7F131 on #97E65E 1.27:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #1ABD94 1.26:1 Fail
Aa #192116 on #3E0080 1.19:1 Fail
Aa #5C0032 on #192116 1.18:1 Fail
Aa #BB90A7 on #1ABD94 1.14:1 Fail
Aa #B5081F on #28668F 1.12:1 Fail
Aa #E97325 on #BB90A7 1.10:1 Fail
Aa #6B546A on #28668F 1.09:1 Fail
Aa #F7F131 on #EEF0E9 1.04:1 Fail
Aa #B5081F on #6B546A 1.03:1 Fail
Aa #5C0032 on #3E0080 1.01:1 Fail

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