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Kodachrome Memory

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Kodachrome film created a characteristic palette: warm-shifted reds, golden midtones, and slightly cool, slightly blue-green shadows. This collection approximates those qualities with contemporary color values. Use for brands wanting that specific late-twentieth-century warmth without full retro pastiche.

Film-photography nostalgia palette calibrated on Kodachrome color characteristics. Warm reds, golden midtones, cool-leaning shadows. Works for food photography, lifestyle brands targeting 30-45 age cohort, and editorial design wanting period warmth.

WarmVintageNostalgic
Why this set works

The warm, saturated palette of film photography nostalgia — amber-shifted reds, warm greens, and the signature golden midtones of Kodachrome stock.

Lifestyle brand identity
Food and recipe photography
Editorial design with nostalgic register
Prompt words
Kodachrome film photography color palettevintage film color grading warm and saturatednostalgic lifestyle brand in warm amber and coral
Export ready
1. Amber Radiant Vivid #E1C433
2. Coral Core Vivid #D57A20
3. Moss Tone Muted #93AB87
4. Amber Core Muted #908964
5. Ember Shadow Muted #54433B
:root {
  --kodachrome-memory-1: #E1C433;
  --kodachrome-memory-2: #D57A20;
  --kodachrome-memory-3: #93AB87;
  --kodachrome-memory-4: #908964;
  --kodachrome-memory-5: #54433B;
}
Dark mode pairs
#E1C433
#645717
#D57A20
#E5BA8F
#93AB87
#495841
#908964
#C5C1B0
#54433B
#CDC1BC
WCAG contrast audit

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

#E1C433
1.7:1 Fail
12.1:1 AAA
#D57A20
3.2:1 AA Large
6.6:1 AA
#93AB87
2.5:1 Fail
8.4:1 AAA
#908964
3.5:1 AA Large
5.9:1 AA
#54433B
9.4:1 AAA
2.2:1 Fail

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.8:1 Fail
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1.4:1 Fail
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2:1 Fail
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5.4:1 AA
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1.3:1 Fail
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1.1:1 Fail
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3:1 AA Large
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1.4:1 Fail
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3.8:1 AA Large
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2.7:1 Fail

Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

Back to collections
1
Amber Radiant Vivid
#E1C433
Yellow · hsl(50, 74%, 54%)
2
Coral Core Vivid
#D57A20
Orange · hsl(30, 74%, 48%)
3
Moss Tone Muted
#93AB87
Green · hsl(100, 18%, 60%)
4
Amber Core Muted
#908964
Yellow · hsl(50, 18%, 48%)
5
Ember Shadow Muted
#54433B
Orange · hsl(20, 18%, 28%)

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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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