Color palette · Deep & warm-leaning

Dark Autumn Color Palette.

Six deep, warm-leaning anchors and thirteen family tones — the darkest, most jewel-like dialect of the autumn spectrum, with every hex code one click away.

#C7AC83 · #0F4040 · #3A1F2E · #58181E · #383F1F · #2A1B116 anchors · 13 family tones · deep · warm at heart · saturated
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The anchors.

Click any swatch to copy its hex. These are the working tones — everything else in the palette descends from them.

What makes it Dark Autumn.

Dark Autumn is the deepest, most compressed dialect of the autumn family — warm at the core, with cool edges that other autumn seasons don't carry.

  • Warm at the core, cool at the edges

    Hue 24° – 73° · 180° · 327° – 354°

    Most tones sit warm (24–73°), but Deep Teal at 180° and Eggplant at 327° introduce cool depth — the dialectical move that separates Dark Autumn from Deep Autumn.

  • Saturated depth

    Saturation 30% – 73%

    Burgundy Deep at 57% and Deep Teal at 62% — full pigment compressed into low lightness. The palette holds its colour at value, where most palettes would go grey.

  • Very low values

    Lightness 12% – 65%

    Five of six anchors sit below L 25%. Cream Deep at L 65% is the only light tone — and it's noticeably darker than the surface anchors in any other season.

In one sentence:

Dark Autumn is what autumn looks like at the bottom of its range: dyed velvet, oxblood leather, oxidised copper, wet stone. Warm at the centre but with enough cool depth to read as moody rather than golden.

The extended family.

13 tones, anchors marked. Use this when the core set is not enough — for illustration, packaging systems, or wardrobes.

13 family tones · click any swatch to copy

The 60 · 30 · 10 distribution.

Dark Autumn carries less light tone than most palettes — every ratio has to be calibrated to keep the deeps from going monolithic.

60%

Dominant — surface

Cream Deep or Buttercream Dark. The breathing room. Without it, Dark Autumn becomes claustrophobic.

#C7AC83 · #E5CFA7

30%

Secondary — structure

Deep Teal, Burgundy Deep, Eggplant. Rotate two of three. All three at this weight produces a haunted-house palette.

#0F4040 · #58181E · #3A1F2E

10%

Accent — voice

Olive Deep for sub-accents, Espresso Black for headlines. Use Dark Bronze or Char only when the deeps need to go even further.

#383F1F · #2A1B11

In practice.

Dark Autumn is the palette of jewel-toned interiors and heritage labels — saturated depth with a warm core.

Editorial — quarterly journal

Issue cover with Deep Teal column, Burgundy rule, Espresso pill.

Packaging — small-batch goods

Spirit label graded from Cream Deep through Char.

Interior — living room

Cream wall, deep-teal sofa, eggplant velvet, espresso floor.

Across registers.

The same anchors translate cleanly from a printed cover to a body of packaging to a furnished room. The proportions shift — a magazine leans on contrast, a room leans on surface — but the temperature, chroma, and value relationships stay locked.

When you move the palette between media, hold the dominant tone constant and let the accents respond to the medium. Print can carry deeper saturation than a backlit screen; a textile reads warmer than the same hex in CSS.

Pair with — avoid with.

Stay in the lower half of the value scale. Anything light or bright will dominate. Cool tones are allowed only at depth.

Pair with

  • #082A2A

    Pine Black — deeper alternative to Deep Teal

  • #3A0F12

    Wine Coal — deepest sister to Burgundy Deep

  • #7A4A20

    Dark Bronze — warm bridge tone

  • #A88660

    Antique Camel — second surface option

  • #1F2410

    Bog Black — deeper sister to Olive Deep

Avoid with

  • #FFFFFF

    Pure white — annihilates the palette's depth

  • #42A5F5

    Sky blue — wrong temperature, too light

  • #FFEB3B

    Lemon yellow — wrong temperature, too bright

  • #E91E63

    Hot pink — destroys the cool-warm balance

  • #FFA587

    Coral — too light and clear

For Dark Autumn personal styling.

Dark Autumn suits skin with warm-to-neutral undertones, deep brown to black hair, and dark amber, hazel, or warm-brown eyes — the deepest end of the warm-season spectrum.

Wardrobe

Anchor in Cream Deep and Deep Teal; layer Burgundy Deep for outerwear; reserve Espresso Black for tailoring. Bronze, antique gold, and patinated brass hardware.

Makeup

Burgundy and Eggplant lips, bronze and espresso eye looks, dark bronze liner. Skip cool berries, pink blush, and silver shadow.

Interior

Cream walls, Deep Teal velvet sofa, Burgundy cushions, Espresso joinery. Reads as a heritage library at any hour.

Dark Autumn — frequently asked.

What is a Dark Autumn color palette?
A Dark Autumn palette is built from warm-leaning hues compressed into very low values, with cool depth at the edges (deep teal, eggplant). It is the darkest dialect of the autumn family in personal-colour analysis.
Which hex codes belong in a Dark Autumn palette?
Anchor hex codes include #C7AC83 (Cream Deep), #0F4040 (Deep Teal), #3A1F2E (Eggplant), #58181E (Burgundy Deep), #383F1F (Olive Deep), and #2A1B11 (Espresso Black). Extended family adds antique camel, pine black, wine coal, and dark bronze.
What's the difference between Dark Autumn and Deep Autumn?
Many personal-colour systems treat them as the same season. When distinguished, Deep Autumn stays unambiguously warm (Forest Pine, Chocolate); Dark Autumn introduces cool depths (Deep Teal, Eggplant). Dark Autumn also sits slightly lower in average value.
Is Dark Autumn closer to autumn or winter?
It is the bridge season. Its temperature is autumn — warm at the core — but its depth and the presence of Deep Teal and Eggplant are winter traits. Some systems classify it as part of the Deep palette family with Deep Winter as its mirror.
What colours should a Dark Autumn palette avoid?
Avoid pure white, light pastels, bright cool tones (sky blue, hot pink), and any high-lightness saturated colour. These break the deep-and-warm-core contract that defines the palette.
Is Dark Autumn suitable for a brand identity?
Yes — particularly for whiskey, leather goods, hotels, heritage fashion, and craft. It signals depth, gravitas, and inherited quality. It is less suited to verticals that need brightness, accessibility-first contrast, or quick-service energy.

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