Espresso color palette
Caramel on espresso brown. A warm dark theme, rarer and more inviting than black.
Best for: Coffee, cocktails, premium food
- Background
#1c1512 - Surface
#2a201b - Text
#f5ebe0 - Accent
#d4a373 - Muted text
#b5a495
Espresso on a real website
Colorit's example site restyled with this palette. Balanced keeps surfaces close to the background; Expressive tints cards and sections with the accent. Your own site looks different: capture it to see.
Readable by design
Colorit turns the five colors into a full theme and checks each text pair. Ratios of 4.5:1 and above meet WCAG AA for body text.
| Pair | Contrast |
|---|---|
| Text on background | 15.3:1 |
| Muted text on background | 7.5:1 |
| Button text on accent | 8.2:1 |
| Text on cards | 11.5:1 |
Use the Espresso palette in code
The five colors as CSS variables and as a Tailwind v4 theme. For the full semantic theme (surfaces, borders, button states) as shadcn/ui, Tailwind or CSS, open it in the free theme generator. A prompt for your coding tool, made for your own captured site, comes with Colorit Pro.
:root {
--color-1: #1c1512;
--color-2: #2a201b;
--color-3: #f5ebe0;
--color-4: #d4a373;
--color-5: #b5a495;
}
@theme {
--color-1: #1c1512;
--color-2: #2a201b;
--color-3: #f5ebe0;
--color-4: #d4a373;
--color-5: #b5a495;
}