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Magic Hour

Check these colors together: contrast, harmony, color-blind view →Tap a color to copy its HEX

No two colors here reach 4.5:1 for body text. Set text in white or black instead — each swatch's HEX is drawn in whichever reads better.

The hour after sunrise and before sunset produces light with qualities that professional photographers have chased since the first cameras: low angle, warm color temperature (2000-4000K), long shadows, and a quality of diffused warmth that flatters surfaces and subjects alike. The palette of golden hour is not vivid — it is soft, luminous, and suffused with amber and rose. Nothing in the scene is fully saturated; everything is warm.

A hotel rooftop in Lisbon at 7:45 PM in June. The sun is an orange disk above the Tejo. Everything — the white walls, the terra cotta, the faces — is the same warm amber. You do not want it to end.

Golden HourWarmPhotographyAmberRose Gold
Why this set works

The palette of the magic hour — warm amber, rose gold, pale coral, and soft peach — for photography-inspired design with a warmth and glow that stops the scroll.

Photography brand identity and editorial direction
Wedding and event design
Lifestyle and beauty brand campaigns
Prompt words
golden hour color palettemagic hour palettewarm golden palettesunset photography colorsrose gold and amber palette
Export ready
1. Amber Bloom Muted #CDC9B7
2. Apricot Bloom Soft #D7C9AD
3. Coral Bloom Soft #D7C2AD
4. Rose Pearl Muted #DECFD9
5. Amber Pearl Faint #DAD9D2
6. Warm Gray Whisper #F1F0EF
:root {
  --magic-hour-1: #CDC9B7;
  --magic-hour-2: #D7C9AD;
  --magic-hour-3: #D7C2AD;
  --magic-hour-4: #DECFD9;
  --magic-hour-5: #DAD9D2;
  --magic-hour-6: #F1F0EF;
}
Dark mode pairs
#CDC9B7
#383529
#D7C9AD
#3E3522
#D7C2AD
#3E3022
#DECFD9
#21181E
#DAD9D2
#1E1E1A
#F1F0EF
#1B1A18
WCAG contrast audit

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

#CDC9B7
1.7:1 Fail
12.6:1 AAA
#D7C9AD
1.6:1 Fail
12.8:1 AAA
#D7C2AD
1.7:1 Fail
12.2:1 AAA
#DECFD9
1.5:1 Fail
14:1 AAA
#DAD9D2
1.4:1 Fail
14.8:1 AAA
#F1F0EF
1.1:1 Fail
18.5:1 AAA

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Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

Back to collections
1
Amber Bloom Muted
#CDC9B7
Yellow · hsl(50, 18%, 76%)
2
Apricot Bloom Soft
#D7C9AD
Orange · hsl(40, 34%, 76%)
3
Coral Bloom Soft
#D7C2AD
Orange · hsl(30, 34%, 76%)
4
Rose Pearl Muted
#DECFD9
Pink · hsl(320, 18%, 84%)
5
Amber Pearl Faint
#DAD9D2
Yellow · hsl(50, 10%, 84%)
6
Warm Gray Whisper
#F1F0EF
Neutral · hsl(30, 6%, 94%)

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ScopeOne curated palette of 6 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 Procreate swatches in the palette builder.
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