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Editorial Warmth

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The palette leans into apricot, amber, garnet, and muted olive so the page feels human and tactile rather than sterile.

This palette introduces warmth and paper-like tactility. It is useful when the page should feel written, reflective, and human.

WarmPublishingStorytelling
Why this set works

Paper-like warm colors for publishing, writing, storytelling, and thoughtful landing pages.

Publishing sites
Blogs
Narrative landing pages
Prompt words
paper grainwarm marginpublisher deskamber inkessay
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1. Apricot Whisper Soft #F5F1EA
2. Amber Silk Soft #C9C092
3. Citrine Tone Muted #ABAB87
4. Garnet Velvet Soft #90475F
5. Olive Dusk Muted #5C6647
:root {
  --editorial-warmth-1: #F5F1EA;
  --editorial-warmth-2: #C9C092;
  --editorial-warmth-3: #ABAB87;
  --editorial-warmth-4: #90475F;
  --editorial-warmth-5: #5C6647;
}
Dark mode pairs
#F5F1EA
#211C12
#C9C092
#7D7445
#ABAB87
#585841
#90475F
#C393A3
#5C6647
#9CA686
WCAG contrast audit

WCAG contrast ratios for all palette color pairs against white and black text.

#F5F1EA
1.1:1 Fail
18.7:1 AAA
#C9C092
1.8:1 Fail
11.4:1 AAA
#ABAB87
2.4:1 Fail
8.9:1 AAA
#90475F
6.5:1 AA
3.3:1 AA Large
#5C6647
6.1:1 AA
3.4:1 AA Large

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.6:1 Fail
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2.1:1 Fail
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5.7:1 AA
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5.4:1 AA
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1.3:1 Fail
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3.5:1 AA Large
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3.3:1 AA Large
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2.7:1 Fail
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2.6:1 Fail
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1.1:1 Fail

Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

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1
Apricot Whisper Soft
#F5F1EA
Orange · hsl(40, 34%, 94%)
2
Amber Silk Soft
#C9C092
Yellow · hsl(50, 34%, 68%)
3
Citrine Tone Muted
#ABAB87
Yellow · hsl(60, 18%, 60%)
4
Garnet Velvet Soft
#90475F
Pink · hsl(340, 34%, 42%)
5
Olive Dusk Muted
#5C6647
Lime · hsl(80, 18%, 34%)

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LayerWhat you have hereWhat Pro adds
ScopeOne curated palette of 5 colors.The same palettes, with no daily export cap anywhere on the site.
OutputHEX, CSS and Tailwind to copy any time. The ZIP and dark-mode tokens count toward the site's free exports: 3 a day, 10 when signed in.No daily limit on any export: this ZIP (CSS, Tailwind, JSON, SCSS), the dark-mode tokens, and Figma tokens and Procreate swatches in the palette builder.
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