Color palette · Warm & deep

Deep Autumn Color Palette.

Six warm, deep, saturated anchors and thirteen family tones — the rich, low-light end of the autumn spectrum, with every hex code one click away.

#DAC09E · #A87423 · #B14F1F · #6B1F2A · #1F3A2E · #3B24156 anchors · 13 family tones · warm · deep · 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 Deep Autumn.

Deep Autumn is the dialect of low autumn light — warm at the core but darker than any other autumn season.

  • Warm undertone

    Hue 20° – 40° · 150°

    Orange, gold, and red dominate, with Forest Pine at 153° as the cool bridge. Burgundy at 351° is the only red that crosses into cool-red territory.

  • High chroma

    Saturation 30% – 70%

    Deep Gold and Burnt Orange sit at 66–70% saturation — full pigment, not muted. The palette uses depth as its softening agent, not desaturation.

  • Deep value range

    Lightness 16% – 74%

    Half the palette sits below L 30%. Cream Rich at L 74% pairs with Chocolate at L 16% — Deep Autumn carries the most contrast in the autumn family.

In one sentence:

Deep Autumn is what happens when autumn light goes long: pigment compresses, values deepen, and the warm core remains. It is the palette of stained oak, port wine, leather, and late-evening fire.

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.

Deep Autumn carries deep tones with high pigment. Use surface space to keep the deeps from going funereal.

60%

Dominant — surface

Cream Rich or Buttercream Deep. The breathing room — without it, the palette reads as nineteenth-century parlour, not modern.

#DAC09E · #E8D4B0

30%

Secondary — structure

Deep Gold and Burnt Orange. Cards, sidebars, mid-weight elements. Both carry the warm-saturated character that defines the season.

#A87423 · #B14F1F

10%

Accent — voice

Burgundy for emphasis, Forest Pine for headlines, Chocolate for body text. The deep-tone trio that does the actual work.

#6B1F2A · #1F3A2E · #3B2415

In practice.

Deep Autumn translates cleanly to editorial, packaging, and interior. It is the palette of inherited objects: leather, brass, dark wood, stained glass.

Editorial — quarterly journal

Issue cover with Deep Gold column, Burgundy rule, Forest Pine pill.

Packaging — small-batch goods

Whiskey label graded from Cream Rich through Espresso.

Interior — living room

Cream wall, forest velvet sofa, burgundy cushion, chocolate 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 warm at the core; deep cool accents only at L below 25%. Anything bright or icy will dominate the palette.

Pair with

  • #C49C5E

    Honey Amber — lighter alternative to Deep Gold

  • #85331C

    Rust Deep — bridge between Burnt Orange and Burgundy

  • #4A1018

    Wine Black — deeper sister to Burgundy

  • #13241D

    Moss Black — alternative to Forest Pine

  • #5C3A1E

    Walnut — warm bridge between Chocolate and surface

Avoid with

  • #42A5F5

    Sky blue — wrong temperature, too light

  • #E91E63

    Hot pink — cool and over-saturated

  • #FFFFFF

    Pure white — flattens Cream Rich to beige

  • #FFEB3B

    Lemon yellow — too light and too cool

  • #9C27B0

    Royal purple — wrong saturation, wrong temperature

For Deep Autumn personal styling.

Deep Autumn suits skin with warm-to-neutral undertones, deep auburn to black-brown hair, and amber, hazel, deep-green, or warm-brown eyes.

Wardrobe

Anchor in Cream Rich and Deep Gold; layer Burgundy for evening; reserve Chocolate for tailoring. Bronze and antique gold hardware.

Makeup

Burnt Orange and Burgundy lips, bronze and chocolate eye looks, walnut liner. Skip cool berries, pink blush, and grey eye-shadow.

Interior

Cream walls, Deep Gold velvet, Forest Pine joinery, Chocolate floor. The room reads as warm cellar even with window light.

Deep Autumn — frequently asked.

What is a Deep Autumn color palette?
A Deep Autumn palette is built from warm-undertone hues at high saturation and deep values. It reads as warm, rich, and grounded — the deepest dialect of the autumn family in personal-colour analysis.
Which hex codes belong in a Deep Autumn palette?
Anchor hex codes include #DAC09E (Cream Rich), #A87423 (Deep Gold), #B14F1F (Burnt Orange), #6B1F2A (Burgundy), #1F3A2E (Forest Pine), and #3B2415 (Chocolate). Extended family adds honey amber, rust deep, wine black, walnut, and espresso.
How is Deep Autumn different from Warm Autumn?
Warm Autumn sits at mid-deep values (L 25–55%) with full pigment. Deep Autumn pushes further down (L 16–30% for half the palette) and adds Burgundy and Forest Pine — tones with a hint of cool depth that Warm Autumn doesn't carry.
How is Deep Autumn different from Dark Autumn?
Most personal-colour systems treat Deep Autumn and Dark Autumn as the same season. When they differ, Dark Autumn skews slightly cooler at the deeps (eggplant, deep teal), while Deep Autumn stays unambiguously warm. The palettes share most anchors.
What colours should a Deep Autumn palette avoid?
Avoid bright, cool tones (sky blue, lemon yellow, hot pink), pure white, pure black, and any neon. These break the warm-deep contract that defines the palette.
Is Deep Autumn suitable for a brand identity?
Yes — particularly for whiskey, leather goods, hospitality, fashion, and heritage retail. It signals depth, abundance, and craftsmanship. It is less suited to tech, healthcare, or quick-service food.

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