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Red Clay Palette

Red Clay Palette: #B45A3C, #3C96B4, #B43C5A, #B4963C. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Red Clay Palette assigns primary #B45A3C, secondary #3C96B4, surface #B43C5A, background #B4963C, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #B43C5A at 0.1367 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

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5colors
Orange palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

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

Primary#B45A3CRed Clay
Secondary#3C96B4#3C96B4
Surface#B43C5A#B43C5A
Background#B4963C#B4963C
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-red-clay-primary: #B45A3C;
--palette-red-clay-secondary: #3C96B4;
--palette-red-clay-surface: #B43C5A;
--palette-red-clay-background: #B4963C;
--palette-red-clay-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

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

Primary#B45A3C
Black 4.47:1 · White 4.7:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#3C96B4
Black 6.21:1 · White 3.38:1
Best #000000
Surface#B43C5A
Black 3.73:1 · White 5.62:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#B4963C
Black 7.37:1 · White 2.85:1
Best #000000
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Red Clay 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 Red Clay Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1734
Black text4.47:1AA Fail
White text4.7:1AA 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": "#B45A3C",
    "name": "Red Clay"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#3C96B4",
    "name": "#3C96B4"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B43C5A",
    "name": "#B43C5A"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#B4963C",
    "name": "#B4963C"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#B45A3C",
    "name": "Red Clay",
    "blackContrast": 4.47,
    "whiteContrast": 4.7,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#3C96B4",
    "name": "#3C96B4",
    "blackContrast": 6.21,
    "whiteContrast": 3.38,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B43C5A",
    "name": "#B43C5A",
    "blackContrast": 3.73,
    "whiteContrast": 5.62,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#B4963C",
    "name": "#B4963C",
    "blackContrast": 7.37,
    "whiteContrast": 2.85,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "red clay palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "earth 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-red-clay-primary: #B45A3C;\n--palette-red-clay-secondary: #3C96B4;\n--palette-red-clay-surface: #B43C5A;\n--palette-red-clay-background: #B4963C;\n--palette-red-clay-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "red-clay",
  "name": "Red Clay Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "red-clay",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Red Clay, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Red Clay Palette combines primary #B45A3C, secondary #3C96B4, surface #B43C5A, background #B4963C, 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": [
    "red clay palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "earth 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": "#B45A3C",
      "slug": "red-clay",
      "name": "Red Clay",
      "rgb": [
        180,
        90,
        60
      ],
      "hsl": [
        15,
        50,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        50,
        67,
        29
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1734,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.47,
        "white": 4.7
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/red-clay/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#3C96B4",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#3C96B4",
      "rgb": [
        60,
        150,
        180
      ],
      "hsl": [
        195,
        50,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        67,
        17,
        0,
        29
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2607,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 6.21,
        "white": 3.38
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B43C5A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B43C5A",
      "rgb": [
        180,
        60,
        90
      ],
      "hsl": [
        345,
        50,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        67,
        50,
        29
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1367,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.73,
        "white": 5.62
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#B4963C",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B4963C",
      "rgb": [
        180,
        150,
        60
      ],
      "hsl": [
        45,
        50,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        17,
        67,
        29
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3184,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7.37,
        "white": 2.85
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "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": {
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        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B45A3C",
      "name": "Red Clay"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#3C96B4",
      "name": "#3C96B4"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B43C5A",
      "name": "#B43C5A"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#B4963C",
      "name": "#B4963C"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B45A3C",
      "name": "Red Clay",
      "blackContrast": 4.47,
      "whiteContrast": 4.7,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#3C96B4",
      "name": "#3C96B4",
      "blackContrast": 6.21,
      "whiteContrast": 3.38,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B43C5A",
      "name": "#B43C5A",
      "blackContrast": 3.73,
      "whiteContrast": 5.62,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#B4963C",
      "name": "#B4963C",
      "blackContrast": 7.37,
      "whiteContrast": 2.85,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-red-clay-primary: #B45A3C;\n--palette-red-clay-secondary: #3C96B4;\n--palette-red-clay-surface: #B43C5A;\n--palette-red-clay-background: #B4963C;\n--palette-red-clay-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/red-clay.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/red-clay.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/red-clay/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/red-clay.json"
}
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