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CLOUDY BEACH

CLOUDY BEACH

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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CLOUDY BEACH

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

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Earthy 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary landscape nature beach
Likes 14
Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-earthy-1: #F1E3B0;
  --c-earthy-2: #CBA149;
  --c-earthy-3: #A06B2F;
  --c-earthy-4: #527185;
  --c-earthy-5: #E0E2E9;
  --c-earthy-6: #667379;
  --c-earthy-7: #394145;
  --c-earthy-8: #181715;
}

About this palette

This 8-color earthy palette runs from Butter Cookie (#F1E3B0) as its lightest tone to Cynical Black (#181715) as its darkest. It blends Butter Cookie, Golden Sheaf, Buttered Rum, Shipyard, December Dawn, Rain Shadow, Charade and Cynical Black into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 5 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #F1E3B0 on #181715 at 13.95:1.

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

Color breakdown

Butter Cookie #F1E3B0
RGB
rgb(241, 227, 176)
HSL
hsl(47, 70%, 82%)
Luminance
0.768
Golden Sheaf #CBA149
RGB
rgb(203, 161, 73)
HSL
hsl(41, 56%, 54%)
Luminance
0.387
Buttered Rum #A06B2F
RGB
rgb(160, 107, 47)
HSL
hsl(32, 55%, 41%)
Luminance
0.182
Shipyard #527185
RGB
rgb(82, 113, 133)
HSL
hsl(204, 24%, 42%)
Luminance
0.153
December Dawn #E0E2E9
RGB
rgb(224, 226, 233)
HSL
hsl(227, 17%, 90%)
Luminance
0.761
Rain Shadow #667379
RGB
rgb(102, 115, 121)
HSL
hsl(199, 9%, 44%)
Luminance
0.165
Charade #394145
RGB
rgb(57, 65, 69)
HSL
hsl(200, 10%, 25%)
Luminance
0.051
Cynical Black #181715
RGB
rgb(24, 23, 21)
HSL
hsl(40, 7%, 9%)
Luminance
0.009

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #F1E3B0 on #181715 13.95:1 AAA
Aa #E0E2E9 on #181715 13.84:1 AAA
Aa #F1E3B0 on #394145 8.11:1 AAA
Aa #E0E2E9 on #394145 8.05:1 AAA
Aa #CBA149 on #181715 7.45:1 AAA
Aa #CBA149 on #394145 4.33:1 AA Large
Aa #F1E3B0 on #527185 4.03:1 AA Large
Aa #527185 on #E0E2E9 4.00:1 AA Large
Aa #A06B2F on #181715 3.96:1 AA Large
Aa #F1E3B0 on #667379 3.81:1 AA Large
Aa #E0E2E9 on #667379 3.78:1 AA Large
Aa #667379 on #181715 3.66:1 AA Large
Aa #F1E3B0 on #A06B2F 3.53:1 AA Large
Aa #A06B2F on #E0E2E9 3.50:1 AA Large
Aa #527185 on #181715 3.46:1 AA Large
Aa #A06B2F on #394145 2.30:1 Fail
Aa #CBA149 on #527185 2.15:1 Fail
Aa #667379 on #394145 2.13:1 Fail
Aa #CBA149 on #667379 2.03:1 Fail
Aa #527185 on #394145 2.01:1 Fail
Aa #CBA149 on #A06B2F 1.88:1 Fail
Aa #F1E3B0 on #CBA149 1.87:1 Fail
Aa #CBA149 on #E0E2E9 1.86:1 Fail
Aa #394145 on #181715 1.72:1 Fail
Aa #A06B2F on #527185 1.14:1 Fail
Aa #A06B2F on #667379 1.08:1 Fail
Aa #527185 on #667379 1.06:1 Fail
Aa #F1E3B0 on #E0E2E9 1.01:1 Fail

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