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Greige Palette

Greige Palette: #B0A999, #9AA1B1, #B19F9A, #ADB19A. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Greige Palette assigns primary #B0A999, secondary #9AA1B1, surface #B19F9A, background #ADB19A, accent #000000. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Green families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #ADB19A at 0.4266; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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5colors
Orange palettedominant group
7use cases

Palette Color Roles

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

Primary#B0A999Greige
Secondary#9AA1B1#9AA1B1
Surface#B19F9A#B19F9A
Background#ADB19A#ADB19A
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-greige-primary: #B0A999;
--palette-greige-secondary: #9AA1B1;
--palette-greige-surface: #B19F9A;
--palette-greige-background: #ADB19A;
--palette-greige-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

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

Primary#B0A999
Black 8.98:1 · White 2.34:1
Best #000000
Secondary#9AA1B1
Black 8.11:1 · White 2.59:1
Best #000000
Surface#B19F9A
Black 8.3:1 · White 2.53:1
Best #000000
Background#ADB19A
Black 9.53:1 · White 2.2:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Greige 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 Greige Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3991
Black text8.98:1AA Pass
White text2.34:1AA 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": "#B0A999",
    "name": "Greige"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9AA1B1",
    "name": "#9AA1B1"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B19F9A",
    "name": "#B19F9A"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#ADB19A",
    "name": "#ADB19A"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#B0A999",
    "name": "Greige",
    "blackContrast": 8.98,
    "whiteContrast": 2.34,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9AA1B1",
    "name": "#9AA1B1",
    "blackContrast": 8.11,
    "whiteContrast": 2.59,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B19F9A",
    "name": "#B19F9A",
    "blackContrast": 8.3,
    "whiteContrast": 2.53,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#ADB19A",
    "name": "#ADB19A",
    "blackContrast": 9.53,
    "whiteContrast": 2.2,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "greige palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "green palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-greige-primary: #B0A999;\n--palette-greige-secondary: #9AA1B1;\n--palette-greige-surface: #B19F9A;\n--palette-greige-background: #ADB19A;\n--palette-greige-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "greige",
  "name": "Greige Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "greige",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Greige, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Greige Palette combines primary #B0A999, secondary #9AA1B1, surface #B19F9A, background #ADB19A, 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": [
    "greige palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "green palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B0A999",
      "slug": "greige",
      "name": "Greige",
      "rgb": [
        176,
        169,
        153
      ],
      "hsl": [
        42,
        13,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        4,
        13,
        31
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3991,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.98,
        "white": 2.34
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/greige/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9AA1B1",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#9AA1B1",
      "rgb": [
        154,
        161,
        177
      ],
      "hsl": [
        222,
        13,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        13,
        9,
        0,
        31
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3553,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.11,
        "white": 2.59
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B19F9A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B19F9A",
      "rgb": [
        177,
        159,
        154
      ],
      "hsl": [
        13,
        13,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        10,
        13,
        31
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3648,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.3,
        "white": 2.53
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#ADB19A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#ADB19A",
      "rgb": [
        173,
        177,
        154
      ],
      "hsl": [
        70,
        13,
        65
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        2,
        0,
        13,
        31
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4266,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.53,
        "white": 2.2
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "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": "#B0A999",
      "name": "Greige"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9AA1B1",
      "name": "#9AA1B1"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B19F9A",
      "name": "#B19F9A"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#ADB19A",
      "name": "#ADB19A"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B0A999",
      "name": "Greige",
      "blackContrast": 8.98,
      "whiteContrast": 2.34,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9AA1B1",
      "name": "#9AA1B1",
      "blackContrast": 8.11,
      "whiteContrast": 2.59,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B19F9A",
      "name": "#B19F9A",
      "blackContrast": 8.3,
      "whiteContrast": 2.53,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#ADB19A",
      "name": "#ADB19A",
      "blackContrast": 9.53,
      "whiteContrast": 2.2,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-greige-primary: #B0A999;\n--palette-greige-secondary: #9AA1B1;\n--palette-greige-surface: #B19F9A;\n--palette-greige-background: #ADB19A;\n--palette-greige-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/greige.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/greige/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/greige.json"
}
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