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Autumn Skies

Autumn Skies

9-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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Autumn Skies

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

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Earthy 9 colors Warm Mixed Analogous green orange red jimison3
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Colors 9

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #512A22;
  --c-earthy-2: #8E4231;
  --c-earthy-3: #A45337;
  --c-earthy-4: #CA873D;
  --c-earthy-5: #DFA750;
  --c-earthy-6: #7D6A39;
  --c-earthy-7: #3F4932;
  --c-earthy-8: #303524;
  --c-earthy-9: #202016;
}

About this palette

This 9-color earthy palette runs from Mellowed Gold (#DFA750) as its lightest tone to Black Mesa (#202016) as its darkest. It blends Bitter Chocolate, Burnt Henna, Truffle Trouble, Peru, Mellowed Gold, Musket, Rifle Green, Fuchsia Berries and Black Mesa into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 36 color pairings, 4 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #DFA750 on #202016 at 7.64:1.

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

Color breakdown

Bitter Chocolate #512A22
RGB
rgb(81, 42, 34)
HSL
hsl(10, 41%, 23%)
Luminance
0.035
Burnt Henna #8E4231
RGB
rgb(142, 66, 49)
HSL
hsl(11, 49%, 37%)
Luminance
0.099
Truffle Trouble #A45337
RGB
rgb(164, 83, 55)
HSL
hsl(15, 50%, 43%)
Luminance
0.144
Peru #CA873D
RGB
rgb(202, 135, 61)
HSL
hsl(31, 57%, 52%)
Luminance
0.302
Mellowed Gold #DFA750
RGB
rgb(223, 167, 80)
HSL
hsl(37, 69%, 59%)
Luminance
0.439
Musket #7D6A39
RGB
rgb(125, 106, 57)
HSL
hsl(43, 37%, 36%)
Luminance
0.150
Rifle Green #3F4932
RGB
rgb(63, 73, 50)
HSL
hsl(86, 19%, 24%)
Luminance
0.061
Fuchsia Berries #303524
RGB
rgb(48, 53, 36)
HSL
hsl(78, 19%, 17%)
Luminance
0.033
Black Mesa #202016
RGB
rgb(32, 32, 22)
HSL
hsl(60, 19%, 11%)
Luminance
0.014

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #DFA750 on #202016 7.64:1 AAA
Aa #DFA750 on #303524 5.89:1 AA
Aa #512A22 on #DFA750 5.74:1 AA
Aa #CA873D on #202016 5.51:1 AA
Aa #DFA750 on #3F4932 4.42:1 AA Large
Aa #CA873D on #303524 4.24:1 AA Large
Aa #512A22 on #CA873D 4.13:1 AA Large
Aa #8E4231 on #DFA750 3.29:1 AA Large
Aa #CA873D on #3F4932 3.19:1 AA Large
Aa #7D6A39 on #202016 3.12:1 AA Large
Aa #A45337 on #202016 3.03:1 AA Large
Aa #A45337 on #DFA750 2.53:1 Fail
Aa #DFA750 on #7D6A39 2.45:1 Fail
Aa #7D6A39 on #303524 2.40:1 Fail
Aa #8E4231 on #CA873D 2.37:1 Fail
Aa #512A22 on #7D6A39 2.34:1 Fail
Aa #A45337 on #303524 2.33:1 Fail
Aa #8E4231 on #202016 2.32:1 Fail
Aa #512A22 on #A45337 2.27:1 Fail
Aa #A45337 on #CA873D 1.82:1 Fail
Aa #7D6A39 on #3F4932 1.81:1 Fail
Aa #8E4231 on #303524 1.79:1 Fail
Aa #CA873D on #7D6A39 1.76:1 Fail
Aa #512A22 on #8E4231 1.75:1 Fail
Aa #A45337 on #3F4932 1.75:1 Fail
Aa #3F4932 on #202016 1.73:1 Fail
Aa #CA873D on #DFA750 1.39:1 Fail
Aa #8E4231 on #3F4932 1.35:1 Fail
Aa #8E4231 on #7D6A39 1.34:1 Fail
Aa #512A22 on #202016 1.33:1 Fail
Aa #3F4932 on #303524 1.33:1 Fail
Aa #512A22 on #3F4932 1.30:1 Fail
Aa #8E4231 on #A45337 1.30:1 Fail
Aa #303524 on #202016 1.30:1 Fail
Aa #512A22 on #303524 1.03:1 Fail
Aa #A45337 on #7D6A39 1.03:1 Fail

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