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Natural Colour System 8

Natural Colour System 8

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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Natural Colour System 8

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

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Earthy 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary mint crimson teal silver
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Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #252018;
  --c-earthy-2: #006462;
  --c-earthy-3: #67A387;
  --c-earthy-4: #B9B9AC;
  --c-earthy-5: #FFFFE3;
  --c-earthy-6: #EDDD3D;
  --c-earthy-7: #916F51;
  --c-earthy-8: #7B0304;
}

About this palette

This 8-color earthy palette runs from Lamb’s Wool (#FFFFE3) as its lightest tone to Dark Orchestra (#252018) as its darkest. It blends Dark Orchestra, Emerald Stone, Sea Lettuce, Simple Grey, Lamb’s Wool, Orb of Harmony, Leather Bound and Demon into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 10 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #252018 on #FFFFE3 at 15.92:1.

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

Color breakdown

Dark Orchestra #252018
RGB
rgb(37, 32, 24)
HSL
hsl(37, 21%, 12%)
Luminance
0.015
Emerald Stone #006462
RGB
rgb(0, 100, 98)
HSL
hsl(179, 100%, 20%)
Luminance
0.100
Sea Lettuce #67A387
RGB
rgb(103, 163, 135)
HSL
hsl(152, 25%, 52%)
Luminance
0.308
Simple Grey #B9B9AC
RGB
rgb(185, 185, 172)
HSL
hsl(60, 8%, 70%)
Luminance
0.480
Lamb’s Wool #FFFFE3
RGB
rgb(255, 255, 227)
HSL
hsl(60, 100%, 95%)
Luminance
0.983
Orb of Harmony #EDDD3D
RGB
rgb(237, 221, 61)
HSL
hsl(55, 83%, 58%)
Luminance
0.701
Leather Bound #916F51
RGB
rgb(145, 111, 81)
HSL
hsl(28, 28%, 44%)
Luminance
0.180
Demon #7B0304
RGB
rgb(123, 3, 4)
HSL
hsl(360, 95%, 25%)
Luminance
0.043

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #252018 on #FFFFE3 15.92:1 AAA
Aa #252018 on #EDDD3D 11.56:1 AAA
Aa #FFFFE3 on #7B0304 11.13:1 AAA
Aa #252018 on #B9B9AC 8.16:1 AAA
Aa #EDDD3D on #7B0304 8.08:1 AAA
Aa #006462 on #FFFFE3 6.89:1 AA
Aa #B9B9AC on #7B0304 5.71:1 AA
Aa #252018 on #67A387 5.52:1 AA
Aa #006462 on #EDDD3D 5.00:1 AA
Aa #FFFFE3 on #916F51 4.50:1 AA
Aa #67A387 on #7B0304 3.86:1 AA Large
Aa #252018 on #916F51 3.54:1 AA Large
Aa #006462 on #B9B9AC 3.53:1 AA Large
Aa #EDDD3D on #916F51 3.27:1 AA Large
Aa #67A387 on #FFFFE3 2.88:1 Fail
Aa #916F51 on #7B0304 2.48:1 Fail
Aa #006462 on #67A387 2.39:1 Fail
Aa #252018 on #006462 2.31:1 Fail
Aa #B9B9AC on #916F51 2.31:1 Fail
Aa #67A387 on #EDDD3D 2.09:1 Fail
Aa #B9B9AC on #FFFFE3 1.95:1 Fail
Aa #006462 on #7B0304 1.62:1 Fail
Aa #67A387 on #916F51 1.56:1 Fail
Aa #006462 on #916F51 1.53:1 Fail
Aa #67A387 on #B9B9AC 1.48:1 Fail
Aa #252018 on #7B0304 1.43:1 Fail
Aa #B9B9AC on #EDDD3D 1.42:1 Fail
Aa #FFFFE3 on #EDDD3D 1.38:1 Fail

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