Harvest Time
#cf875f
Darker harvest amber with a grounded orange bias
About Harvest Time
You see Harvest Time on the edge of late-afternoon light, the moment golden hours start cooling off. It's a harvest-colored yellow-tan that feels warmer than Baker's Dream, but also more settled and flesh-toned than Copperhead and Butterum. Compared to Copperhead's muted terracotta restraint, Harvest Time reads a touch brighter and cleaner in undertone, not as clay-heavy. And against Butterum's richer, pigmenty warmth, this one is less amber and less dessert-leaning. It has that soft, sunlit mood without sliding into plain beige.
In product interfaces, it's great for craft goods and heritage brand sites where the background needs to feel friendly and made-with-care, not orangey or dusty. Think category tiles, panel fills, and button surfaces for artisan storefronts, museum exhibit pages, and antique marketplace listings. It also works well behind editorial photography when you want warmth that supports skin tones and wood textures, not a high-saturation shout.
Pair it with charcoal or warm grays for structure. Keep cream nearby minimal, because the lightness can blur if your palette gets too samey fast.
Code snippets
Copy this color into your project.
Contrast checker
WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
Variations
Shades
Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.
Tints
Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.
Tones
Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.
Hues
Hue rotations around the color wheel.
Temperatures
Warm and cool shifts of this color.
Color harmonies
Suggested palettes
Palettes built around this color.
Community palettes
Published palettes that include this color.