Shades XKCD Color sandstone #c9ae74 hex

  • #b59d68
  • #a18b5d
  • #8d7a51
  • #796846
  • #65573a
  • #50462e
  • #3c3423
  • #282317
  • #14110c
  • #000000
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Created at 02/05/2020 12:11
The palette consists of Light, Semi dark, Dark colors. Accent colors #b59d68 and #65573a. Palette has Warm, Neutral colors temperature.

A sequential monochrome scheme: tints and shades of a single hue step between light and dark.

By lightness, this palette runs from #000000 (darkest) to #B59D68 (lightest). The lightness range is wide.

Overall saturation feels mostly muted (lower chroma) — 90% of colors are muted.

An analogous palette: its hues sit close together on the color wheel, within about 5°.

Overall temperature among swatches leans warm (8 of 10).

HEX codes (sorted): #000000, #14110C, #282317, #3C3423, #50462E, #65573A, #796846, #8D7A51, #A18B5D, #B59D68

Palette Shades XKCD Color sandstone #c9ae74 hex combines 10 color codes:
HEX: #b59d68, RGB: (181, 157, 104); HEX: #a18b5d, RGB: (161, 139, 93); HEX: #8d7a51, RGB: (141, 122, 81)
HEX: #796846, RGB: (121, 104, 70); HEX: #65573a, RGB: (101, 87, 58); HEX: #50462e, RGB: (80, 70, 46)
HEX: #3c3423, RGB: (60, 52, 35); HEX: #282317, RGB: (40, 35, 23); HEX: #14110c, RGB: (20, 17, 12)
HEX: #000000, RGB: (0, 0, 0)
Simplified version of palette colors
Shade of Tan, Tint of Dark Goldenrod, Tint of Olive, Tint of Dim Gray, Shade of Dim Gray, Shade of Dim Gray, Tint of Black, Tint of Black, Tint of Black, Black
Color scheme was created by colorswall

Color codes in palette

Shades XKCD Color sandstone #c9ae74 hex color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#b59d68#b59d68RGB(181, 157, 104)——
#a18b5d#a18b5dRGB(161, 139, 93)—Shank
#8d7a51#8d7a51RGB(141, 122, 81)——
#796846#796846RGB(121, 104, 70)——
#65573a#65573aRGB(101, 87, 58)——
#50462e#50462eRGB(80, 70, 46)——
#3c3423#3c3423RGB(60, 52, 35)——
#282317#282317RGB(40, 35, 23)——
#14110c#14110cRGB(20, 17, 12)——
#000000#000000RGB(0, 0, 0)—Black

Color Palette Contrast

18 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#b59d68
#a18b5d
1.25
#b59d68
#8d7a51
1.58
#a18b5d
#8d7a51
1.26
#a18b5d
#796846
1.64
#8d7a51
#796846
1.29
#8d7a51
#65573a
1.69

Image palette Shades XKCD Color sandstone #c9ae74 hex png