Roast and Cortado color palette
Roast and Cortado is a 4-color palette drawing on reds and oranges. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 31% (#48232D, dark) to 93% (#FDE1CE, very light), and its most saturated color, #48232D, is muted. 4 of its 4 chromatic colors sit on the warm side of the hue wheel. 3 of its 6 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged coffee, warm, red, muted, earth tone and colorblind-friendly.
- Space Cadet #48232D
- Battleship Gray #835952
- Pewter #B4A487
- Apricot #FDE1CE
Color codes
| Color | HEX | RGB | HSL | OKLCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Cadet | #48232D | rgb(72, 35, 45) | hsl(344, 35%, 21%) | oklch(31% 0.057 3.7) |
| Battleship Gray | #835952 | rgb(131, 89, 82) | hsl(9, 23%, 42%) | oklch(50.7% 0.057 29.7) |
| Pewter | #B4A487 | rgb(180, 164, 135) | hsl(39, 23%, 62%) | oklch(72.5% 0.044 82.4) |
| Apricot | #FDE1CE | rgb(253, 225, 206) | hsl(24, 92%, 90%) | oklch(92.8% 0.04 56.3) |
Accessibility
The best text and background pairs in Roast and Cortado, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.
| Pair | WCAG 2 | Level | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|
| #FDE1CE on #48232D | 10.84:1 | AAA | Lc -86.8 |
| #48232D on #B4A487 | 5.54:1 | AA | Lc 49.7 |
| #FDE1CE on #835952 | 4.79:1 | AA | Lc -68.8 |
Color vision
No pair of colors comes within ΔE 0.06 of another under protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia. It is tagged colorblind-friendly: every pair stays at least ΔE 0.14 apart.
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Achromatopsia
Use it in code
Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/48232d-835952-b4a487-fde1ce.json.
Make it your own
Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.