Raw Brutalist: a brutalist and experimental site website color palette
Concrete grey, pure black and a single hazard yellow: deliberately unpolished, for studios and brands that want to be noticed.
#E9E9E4
Background
#FFFFFF
Surface
#000000
Text
#000000
Accent
#7A6A00
Highlight
The palette as a real page
Make the first impression the one they remember.
The Raw Brutalist palette set as a real page: #000000 text on #E9E9E4, every action in #000000.
Designed first
Surface #FFFFFF keeps cards distinct from the page.
Built in minutes
Surface #FFFFFF keeps cards distinct from the page.
Live in one click
Surface #FFFFFF keeps cards distinct from the page.
Headings in Archivo Black, body in Space Mono.
Contrast
- AaBody text on the page#000000 on #E9E9E417.2:1AAA
- AaBody text on cards#000000 on #FFFFFF21.0:1AAA
- AaAccent links and icons on the page#000000 on #E9E9E417.2:1AAA
- AaHighlight on the page#7A6A00 on #E9E9E4 · large text4.4:1AA
- AaPage colour on an accent button#E9E9E4 on #000000 · large text17.2:1AAA
AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA needs 7:1. Check any pair in the contrast checker.
Copy the palette
:root {
--color-background: #E9E9E4;
--color-surface: #FFFFFF;
--color-text: #000000;
--color-accent: #000000;
--color-highlight: #7A6A00;
}More website color palettes
Questions, answered.
The things people ask before they start building.
What colors are best for a brutalist and experimental site website?
Concrete grey, pure black and a single hazard yellow: deliberately unpolished, for studios and brands that want to be noticed. The Raw Brutalist palette uses #E9E9E4 for the page, #000000 for text, #000000 for actions and #7A6A00 as a highlight.
Is the Raw Brutalist palette accessible?
Body text scores 17.2:1 against the background, which passes WCAG AAA. Every pairing a site uses is scored on this page.
Can an AI website builder pick a color palette for me?
Yes. Orlume (orlume.site) decides the palette, typography and layout for your brief in its design pass, before any code is written, then builds the site in React and Next.js and deploys it in one click.
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