Malt Sugar Gold

Food & lifestyle brand sites · Score 80 ·Curated

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10 colour roles

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Primary primary

Brand colour, mapped to the CSS variable --color-primary

#b8860brgb(184, 134, 11)hsl(42.7, 88.7%, 38.2%)

Primary hover primaryHover

Hover state: --color-primary-hover

#96690argb(150, 105, 10)hsl(40.7, 87.5%, 31.4%)

Primary active primaryActive

Pressed state: --color-primary-active

#744e07rgb(116, 78, 7)hsl(39.1, 88.6%, 24.1%)

Text main textMain

Body text: --color-text-main

#2a2116rgb(42, 33, 22)hsl(33, 31.3%, 12.5%)

Text sub textSub

Secondary text: --color-text-sub

#7c6e58rgb(124, 110, 88)hsl(36.7, 17%, 41.6%)

Background bg

Page background: --color-bg

#fffdf7rgb(255, 253, 247)hsl(45, 100%, 98.4%)

Surface surface

Card and panel background: --color-surface

#fbf3e2rgb(251, 243, 226)hsl(40.8, 75.8%, 93.5%)

Border border

Dividers and outlines: --color-border

#eadfc6rgb(234, 223, 198)hsl(41.7, 46.2%, 84.7%)

Link link

Link colour: --color-link

#735303rgb(115, 83, 3)hsl(42.9, 94.9%, 23.1%)

Accent accent

Highlight colour: --color-accent

#8b5e3crgb(139, 94, 60)hsl(25.8, 39.7%, 39%)

How to use it

Written by hand for the hue family and lightness of this palette, not assembled from a template.

This palette's lead colour is deep and carries weight — suited to dark themes, or interfaces that need to feel professional and steady.

Good forCalmer than red and steadier than yellow — good when you want warmth without shouting.

Use with careLarge areas can look cheap, so be restrained in B2B products that need authority.

Pairs withLayer light and dark oranges within the same family rather than adding a third hue.

Hue family: Orange

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Card oneSecondary copy, used to check contrast against WCAG.

Card twoAccent colour for highlights — keep it a step away from the brand colour.

Card threeNeutral text carries body copy, the most frequently used colour.

Accessibility contrast check

Calculated to WCAG 2.1. AA is the accessibility baseline, AAA the enhanced level.

Foreground / background	Ratio	Body text	Large text
Body text / page background	15.55:1	AAA	AAA
Body text / card background	14.33:1	AAA	AAA
Brand colour / page background	3.2:1	AA	AA

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CSS variables

:root {
  --color-primary: #b8860b; /* Primary */
  --color-primaryHover: #96690a; /* Primary hover */
  --color-primaryActive: #744e07; /* Primary active */
  --color-textMain: #2a2116; /* Text main */
  --color-textSub: #7c6e58; /* Text sub */
  --color-bg: #fffdf7; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #fbf3e2; /* Surface */
  --color-border: #eadfc6; /* Border */
  --color-link: #735303; /* Link */
  --color-accent: #8b5e3c; /* Accent */
}

SCSS variables

$color-primary: #b8860b; // Primary
$color-primaryHover: #96690a; // Primary hover
$color-primaryActive: #744e07; // Primary active
$color-textMain: #2a2116; // Text main
$color-textSub: #7c6e58; // Text sub
$color-bg: #fffdf7; // Background
$color-surface: #fbf3e2; // Surface
$color-border: #eadfc6; // Border
$color-link: #735303; // Link
$color-accent: #8b5e3c; // Accent

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js: Malt Sugar Gold
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'primary': '#b8860b',
        'primaryHover': '#96690a',
        'primaryActive': '#744e07',
        'textMain': '#2a2116',
        'textSub': '#7c6e58',
        'bg': '#fffdf7',
        'surface': '#fbf3e2',
        'border': '#eadfc6',
        'link': '#735303',
        'accent': '#8b5e3c',
      },
    },
  },
};

Machine-readable JSON

{
  "name": "Malt Sugar Gold",
  "platform": "web",
  "tags": [
    "Retro",
    "Warm",
    "Business"
  ],
  "advice": {
    "family": "Orange",
    "depth": "This palette's lead colour is deep and carries weight — suited to dark themes, or interfaces that need to feel professional and steady.",
    "muted": null,
    "suit": "Calmer than red and steadier than yellow — good when you want warmth without shouting.",
    "avoid": "Large areas can look cheap, so be restrained in B2B products that need authority.",
    "pair": "Layer light and dark oranges within the same family rather than adding a third hue."
  },
  "roles": {
    "primary": "#b8860b",
    "primaryHover": "#96690a",
    "primaryActive": "#744e07",
    "textMain": "#2a2116",
    "textSub": "#7c6e58",
    "bg": "#fffdf7",
    "surface": "#fbf3e2",
    "border": "#eadfc6",
    "link": "#735303",
    "accent": "#8b5e3c"
  },
  "contrast": {
    "textOnBg": {
      "ratio": 15.55,
      "level": "AAA"
    },
    "primaryOnBg": {
      "ratio": 3.2,
      "level": "AA"
    },
    "textOnSurface": {
      "ratio": 14.33,
      "level": "AAA"
    }
  }
}

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