Candlelit Library Color Palette

The reading-room palette: aged paper and beige, oxblood leather, bottle-green baize, mustard ochre, and espresso fading to ink. Autumnal and scholarly, it's tuned for candlelit libraries, leather-bound spines, and tweed. Rich darks with just enough warm paper to keep a composition from going muddy.

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Color theory

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Complement
Analogous −30°
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Use it for

book coversacademia illustrationautumn scenesvintage posters

Code formats

CSS
:root {
  --dark-academia-1: #E6DAC2;
  --dark-academia-2: #D5C5A4;
  --dark-academia-3: #C2AF86;
  --dark-academia-4: #AE9A6C;
  --dark-academia-5: #988454;
  --dark-academia-6: #826E40;
  --dark-academia-7: #702F31;
  --dark-academia-8: #61282A;
  --dark-academia-9: #522123;
  --dark-academia-10: #431B1D;
  --dark-academia-11: #351517;
  --dark-academia-12: #281013;
  --dark-academia-13: #3E5144;
  --dark-academia-14: #35463B;
  --dark-academia-15: #2C3B31;
  --dark-academia-16: #233027;
  --dark-academia-17: #1B251E;
  --dark-academia-18: #141B16;
  --dark-academia-19: #B28C3E;
  --dark-academia-20: #9D7A34;
  --dark-academia-21: #88682B;
  --dark-academia-22: #745623;
  --dark-academia-23: #61461B;
  --dark-academia-24: #4E3714;
  --dark-academia-25: #473627;
  --dark-academia-26: #3B2D20;
  --dark-academia-27: #2F2419;
  --dark-academia-28: #251B13;
  --dark-academia-29: #1A130D;
  --dark-academia-30: #100B08;
}
SCSS
$dark-academia-1: #E6DAC2;
$dark-academia-2: #D5C5A4;
$dark-academia-3: #C2AF86;
$dark-academia-4: #AE9A6C;
$dark-academia-5: #988454;
$dark-academia-6: #826E40;
$dark-academia-7: #702F31;
$dark-academia-8: #61282A;
$dark-academia-9: #522123;
$dark-academia-10: #431B1D;
$dark-academia-11: #351517;
$dark-academia-12: #281013;
$dark-academia-13: #3E5144;
$dark-academia-14: #35463B;
$dark-academia-15: #2C3B31;
$dark-academia-16: #233027;
$dark-academia-17: #1B251E;
$dark-academia-18: #141B16;
$dark-academia-19: #B28C3E;
$dark-academia-20: #9D7A34;
$dark-academia-21: #88682B;
$dark-academia-22: #745623;
$dark-academia-23: #61461B;
$dark-academia-24: #4E3714;
$dark-academia-25: #473627;
$dark-academia-26: #3B2D20;
$dark-academia-27: #2F2419;
$dark-academia-28: #251B13;
$dark-academia-29: #1A130D;
$dark-academia-30: #100B08;
Tailwind
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'dark-academia': {
          '1': '#E6DAC2',
          '2': '#D5C5A4',
          '3': '#C2AF86',
          '4': '#AE9A6C',
          '5': '#988454',
          '6': '#826E40',
          '7': '#702F31',
          '8': '#61282A',
          '9': '#522123',
          '10': '#431B1D',
          '11': '#351517',
          '12': '#281013',
          '13': '#3E5144',
          '14': '#35463B',
          '15': '#2C3B31',
          '16': '#233027',
          '17': '#1B251E',
          '18': '#141B16',
          '19': '#B28C3E',
          '20': '#9D7A34',
          '21': '#88682B',
          '22': '#745623',
          '23': '#61461B',
          '24': '#4E3714',
          '25': '#473627',
          '26': '#3B2D20',
          '27': '#2F2419',
          '28': '#251B13',
          '29': '#1A130D',
          '30': '#100B08',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};
JSON
{
  "name": "Candlelit Library",
  "colors": [
    "#E6DAC2",
    "#D5C5A4",
    "#C2AF86",
    "#AE9A6C",
    "#988454",
    "#826E40",
    "#702F31",
    "#61282A",
    "#522123",
    "#431B1D",
    "#351517",
    "#281013",
    "#3E5144",
    "#35463B",
    "#2C3B31",
    "#233027",
    "#1B251E",
    "#141B16",
    "#B28C3E",
    "#9D7A34",
    "#88682B",
    "#745623",
    "#61461B",
    "#4E3714",
    "#473627",
    "#3B2D20",
    "#2F2419",
    "#251B13",
    "#1A130D",
    "#100B08"
  ]
}
Hex list
#E6DAC2
#D5C5A4
#C2AF86
#AE9A6C
#988454
#826E40
#702F31
#61282A
#522123
#431B1D
#351517
#281013
#3E5144
#35463B
#2C3B31
#233027
#1B251E
#141B16
#B28C3E
#9D7A34
#88682B
#745623
#61461B
#4E3714
#473627
#3B2D20
#2F2419
#251B13
#1A130D
#100B08

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