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Sepia Tone

Sepia Tone

5-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Analogous harmony

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Sepia Tone

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

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Vibrant 5 colors Warm Mixed Analogous old brown sepia antique
Likes 37
Colors 5

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #000000;
  --c-vibrant-2: #4E1503;
  --c-vibrant-3: #9A641E;
  --c-vibrant-4: #D6A956;
  --c-vibrant-5: #FFFDA3;
}

About this palette

This 5-color vibrant palette runs from Calamansi (#FFFDA3) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Black, Earth Brown, Olivia, Afghan Sand and Calamansi into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 10 color pairings, 5 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #000000 on #FFFDA3 at 19.83:1.

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

Color breakdown

Black #000000
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 0%)
Luminance
0.000
Earth Brown #4E1503
RGB
rgb(78, 21, 3)
HSL
hsl(14, 93%, 16%)
Luminance
0.022
Olivia #9A641E
RGB
rgb(154, 100, 30)
HSL
hsl(34, 67%, 36%)
Luminance
0.161
Afghan Sand #D6A956
RGB
rgb(214, 169, 86)
HSL
hsl(39, 61%, 59%)
Luminance
0.433
Calamansi #FFFDA3
RGB
rgb(255, 253, 163)
HSL
hsl(59, 100%, 82%)
Luminance
0.942

Contrast & accessibility

5 of 10 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #000000 on #FFFDA3 19.83:1 AAA
Aa #4E1503 on #FFFDA3 13.84:1 AAA
Aa #000000 on #D6A956 9.67:1 AAA
Aa #4E1503 on #D6A956 6.75:1 AA
Aa #9A641E on #FFFDA3 4.70:1 AA
Aa #000000 on #9A641E 4.22:1 AA Large
Aa #4E1503 on #9A641E 2.94:1 Fail
Aa #9A641E on #D6A956 2.29:1 Fail
Aa #D6A956 on #FFFDA3 2.05:1 Fail
Aa #000000 on #4E1503 1.43:1 Fail

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