Blush and Gold color palette
pink · 0.028
goldenrod · 0.025
Gold #D4AF37 does the lifting in this pair: a richer metallic yellow that warms up Blush #F4C7C3, a pale pink with a soft cast, without overpowering it. The two sit just 67 degrees apart, so they read as a gentle, related warmth rather than a .
The contrast is only 1.38 to 1, so do not set gold text on blush or the reverse; treat them as two surface tones and keep type in a deep neutral like charcoal. Their warm sandy beige midpoint (#E3BC86) makes a good connecting tone, and the pairing suits beauty and event branding.
See Blush and Gold in use
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Blush Tailwind scale (50-900)
Gold Tailwind scale (50-900)
Blush to Gold blend
A continuous interpolation from Blush to Gold, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Blush and Gold blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Do not place Blush text on Gold (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as blush-800 or gold-900 with a light one like gold-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Blush steps, columns are Gold steps. Each mark is a Blush step shown on a Gold step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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| 100 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| 800 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 900 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-blush-50: #FFFCFB;
--color-blush-100: #FEF8F8;
--color-blush-200: #FDF3F2;
--color-blush-300: #FCEBE9;
--color-blush-400: #FAE0DE;
--color-blush-500: #F4C7C3;
--color-blush-600: #C8A29F;
--color-blush-700: #977A78;
--color-blush-800: #594745;
--color-blush-900: #271D1D;
--color-gold-50: #FCFAF4;
--color-gold-100: #FAF6E9;
--color-gold-200: #F6EED8;
--color-gold-300: #EFE3BE;
--color-gold-400: #E7D49B;
--color-gold-500: #D4AF37;
--color-gold-600: #AD8F2B;
--color-gold-700: #836B1E;
--color-gold-800: #4C3D0E;
--color-gold-900: #201803;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'blush': {
50: '#FFFCFB',
100: '#FEF8F8',
200: '#FDF3F2',
300: '#FCEBE9',
400: '#FAE0DE',
500: '#F4C7C3',
600: '#C8A29F',
700: '#977A78',
800: '#594745',
900: '#271D1D',
},
'gold': {
50: '#FCFAF4',
100: '#FAF6E9',
200: '#F6EED8',
300: '#EFE3BE',
400: '#E7D49B',
500: '#D4AF37',
600: '#AD8F2B',
700: '#836B1E',
800: '#4C3D0E',
900: '#201803',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--blush-50: #FFFCFB;
--blush-100: #FEF8F8;
--blush-200: #FDF3F2;
--blush-300: #FCEBE9;
--blush-400: #FAE0DE;
--blush-500: #F4C7C3;
--blush-600: #C8A29F;
--blush-700: #977A78;
--blush-800: #594745;
--blush-900: #271D1D;
--gold-50: #FCFAF4;
--gold-100: #FAF6E9;
--gold-200: #F6EED8;
--gold-300: #EFE3BE;
--gold-400: #E7D49B;
--gold-500: #D4AF37;
--gold-600: #AD8F2B;
--gold-700: #836B1E;
--gold-800: #4C3D0E;
--gold-900: #201803;
}SCSS variables
$blush-50: #FFFCFB; $blush-100: #FEF8F8; $blush-200: #FDF3F2; $blush-300: #FCEBE9; $blush-400: #FAE0DE; $blush-500: #F4C7C3; $blush-600: #C8A29F; $blush-700: #977A78; $blush-800: #594745; $blush-900: #271D1D; $gold-50: #FCFAF4; $gold-100: #FAF6E9; $gold-200: #F6EED8; $gold-300: #EFE3BE; $gold-400: #E7D49B; $gold-500: #D4AF37; $gold-600: #AD8F2B; $gold-700: #836B1E; $gold-800: #4C3D0E; $gold-900: #201803;
JSON tokens
{
"blush": {
"50": "#FFFCFB",
"100": "#FEF8F8",
"200": "#FDF3F2",
"300": "#FCEBE9",
"400": "#FAE0DE",
"500": "#F4C7C3",
"600": "#C8A29F",
"700": "#977A78",
"800": "#594745",
"900": "#271D1D"
},
"gold": {
"50": "#FCFAF4",
"100": "#FAF6E9",
"200": "#F6EED8",
"300": "#EFE3BE",
"400": "#E7D49B",
"500": "#D4AF37",
"600": "#AD8F2B",
"700": "#836B1E",
"800": "#4C3D0E",
"900": "#201803"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Blush and Gold); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.