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Cedar Palette

Cedar Palette: #8B5A2B, #2B5D8C, #8C2B2D, #8C8B2B. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Cedar Palette assigns primary #8B5A2B, secondary #2B5D8C, surface #8C2B2D, background #8C8B2B, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #8C2B2D at 0.0749 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 2 of 5 values.

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5colors
Orange palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

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

Primary#8B5A2BCedar
Secondary#2B5D8C#2B5D8C
Surface#8C2B2D#8C2B2D
Background#8C8B2B#8C8B2B
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-cedar-primary: #8B5A2B;
--palette-cedar-secondary: #2B5D8C;
--palette-cedar-surface: #8C2B2D;
--palette-cedar-background: #8C8B2B;
--palette-cedar-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

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

Primary#8B5A2B
Black 3.6:1 · White 5.84:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#2B5D8C
Black 3.05:1 · White 6.89:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#8C2B2D
Black 2.5:1 · White 8.41:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#8C8B2B
Black 5.84:1 · White 3.59:1
Best #000000
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Cedar 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 Cedar Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1298
Black text3.6:1AA Fail
White text5.84:1AA Pass
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": "#8B5A2B",
    "name": "Cedar"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#2B5D8C",
    "name": "#2B5D8C"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8C2B2D",
    "name": "#8C2B2D"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8C8B2B",
    "name": "#8C8B2B"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#8B5A2B",
    "name": "Cedar",
    "blackContrast": 3.6,
    "whiteContrast": 5.84,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#2B5D8C",
    "name": "#2B5D8C",
    "blackContrast": 3.05,
    "whiteContrast": 6.89,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8C2B2D",
    "name": "#8C2B2D",
    "blackContrast": 2.5,
    "whiteContrast": 8.41,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8C8B2B",
    "name": "#8C8B2B",
    "blackContrast": 5.84,
    "whiteContrast": 3.59,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "cedar palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "light 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-cedar-primary: #8B5A2B;\n--palette-cedar-secondary: #2B5D8C;\n--palette-cedar-surface: #8C2B2D;\n--palette-cedar-background: #8C8B2B;\n--palette-cedar-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "cedar",
  "name": "Cedar Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "cedar",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Cedar, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Cedar Palette combines primary #8B5A2B, secondary #2B5D8C, surface #8C2B2D, background #8C8B2B, accent #FFFFFF. 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": [
    "cedar palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "light 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": "#8B5A2B",
      "slug": "cedar",
      "name": "Cedar",
      "rgb": [
        139,
        90,
        43
      ],
      "hsl": [
        29,
        53,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        35,
        69,
        45
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1298,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.6,
        "white": 5.84
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cedar/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#2B5D8C",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#2B5D8C",
      "rgb": [
        43,
        93,
        140
      ],
      "hsl": [
        209,
        53,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        69,
        34,
        0,
        45
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1024,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.05,
        "white": 6.89
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8C2B2D",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8C2B2D",
      "rgb": [
        140,
        43,
        45
      ],
      "hsl": [
        359,
        53,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        69,
        68,
        45
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0749,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.5,
        "white": 8.41
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8C8B2B",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8C8B2B",
      "rgb": [
        140,
        139,
        43
      ],
      "hsl": [
        59,
        53,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        1,
        69,
        45
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2422,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.84,
        "white": 3.59
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8B5A2B",
      "name": "Cedar"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#2B5D8C",
      "name": "#2B5D8C"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8C2B2D",
      "name": "#8C2B2D"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8C8B2B",
      "name": "#8C8B2B"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#8B5A2B",
      "name": "Cedar",
      "blackContrast": 3.6,
      "whiteContrast": 5.84,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#2B5D8C",
      "name": "#2B5D8C",
      "blackContrast": 3.05,
      "whiteContrast": 6.89,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8C2B2D",
      "name": "#8C2B2D",
      "blackContrast": 2.5,
      "whiteContrast": 8.41,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8C8B2B",
      "name": "#8C8B2B",
      "blackContrast": 5.84,
      "whiteContrast": 3.59,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-cedar-primary: #8B5A2B;\n--palette-cedar-secondary: #2B5D8C;\n--palette-cedar-surface: #8C2B2D;\n--palette-cedar-background: #8C8B2B;\n--palette-cedar-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cedar.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/cedar/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cedar.json"
}
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