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Caramel Palette

Caramel Palette: #AF6E4D, #4C8DAE, #AE4C5C, #AE9D4C. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Caramel Palette assigns primary #AF6E4D, secondary #4C8DAE, surface #AE4C5C, background #AE9D4C, accent #000000. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #AE9D4C at 0.3363; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

All palettesSource colorAPI
5colors
Orange palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Caramel Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#AF6E4DCaramel
Secondary#4C8DAE#4C8DAE
Surface#AE4C5C#AE4C5C
Background#AE9D4C#AE9D4C
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-caramel-primary: #AF6E4D;
--palette-caramel-secondary: #4C8DAE;
--palette-caramel-surface: #AE4C5C;
--palette-caramel-background: #AE9D4C;
--palette-caramel-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Caramel Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#AF6E4D
Black 5.16:1 · White 4.07:1
Best #000000
Secondary#4C8DAE
Black 5.73:1 · White 3.67:1
Best #000000
Surface#AE4C5C
Black 3.99:1 · White 5.27:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#AE9D4C
Black 7.73:1 · White 2.72:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Caramel Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Caramel Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Caramel Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.208
Black text5.16:1AA Pass
White text4.07:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#AF6E4D",
    "name": "Caramel"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#4C8DAE",
    "name": "#4C8DAE"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#AE4C5C",
    "name": "#AE4C5C"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#AE9D4C",
    "name": "#AE9D4C"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#AF6E4D",
    "name": "Caramel",
    "blackContrast": 5.16,
    "whiteContrast": 4.07,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#4C8DAE",
    "name": "#4C8DAE",
    "blackContrast": 5.73,
    "whiteContrast": 3.67,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#AE4C5C",
    "name": "#AE4C5C",
    "blackContrast": 3.99,
    "whiteContrast": 5.27,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#AE9D4C",
    "name": "#AE9D4C",
    "blackContrast": 7.73,
    "whiteContrast": 2.72,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "caramel palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "natural branding",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-caramel-primary: #AF6E4D;\n--palette-caramel-secondary: #4C8DAE;\n--palette-caramel-surface: #AE4C5C;\n--palette-caramel-background: #AE9D4C;\n--palette-caramel-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "caramel",
  "name": "Caramel Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "caramel",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Caramel, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Caramel Palette combines primary #AF6E4D, secondary #4C8DAE, surface #AE4C5C, background #AE9D4C, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a orange palette, blue palette, red palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "caramel palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "natural branding",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#AF6E4D",
      "slug": "caramel",
      "name": "Caramel",
      "rgb": [
        175,
        110,
        77
      ],
      "hsl": [
        20,
        39,
        49
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        37,
        56,
        31
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.208,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.16,
        "white": 4.07
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/caramel/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#4C8DAE",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#4C8DAE",
      "rgb": [
        76,
        141,
        174
      ],
      "hsl": [
        200,
        39,
        49
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        56,
        19,
        0,
        32
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2364,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.73,
        "white": 3.67
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#AE4C5C",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#AE4C5C",
      "rgb": [
        174,
        76,
        92
      ],
      "hsl": [
        350,
        39,
        49
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        56,
        47,
        32
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1494,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.99,
        "white": 5.27
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#AE9D4C",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#AE9D4C",
      "rgb": [
        174,
        157,
        76
      ],
      "hsl": [
        50,
        39,
        49
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        10,
        56,
        32
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3363,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7.73,
        "white": 2.72
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#AF6E4D",
      "name": "Caramel"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#4C8DAE",
      "name": "#4C8DAE"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#AE4C5C",
      "name": "#AE4C5C"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#AE9D4C",
      "name": "#AE9D4C"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#AF6E4D",
      "name": "Caramel",
      "blackContrast": 5.16,
      "whiteContrast": 4.07,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#4C8DAE",
      "name": "#4C8DAE",
      "blackContrast": 5.73,
      "whiteContrast": 3.67,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#AE4C5C",
      "name": "#AE4C5C",
      "blackContrast": 3.99,
      "whiteContrast": 5.27,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#AE9D4C",
      "name": "#AE9D4C",
      "blackContrast": 7.73,
      "whiteContrast": 2.72,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-caramel-primary: #AF6E4D;\n--palette-caramel-secondary: #4C8DAE;\n--palette-caramel-surface: #AE4C5C;\n--palette-caramel-background: #AE9D4C;\n--palette-caramel-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/caramel.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/caramel.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/caramel/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/caramel.json"
}
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