Full solar yellow, warm amber, sky blue at noon, and the vivid green of midsummer — the palette of maximum light.
The summer solstice is the opposite of the winter — the longest day, the shortest night, the moment when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. It has been celebrated across cultures for millennia: Stonehenge at sunrise, the bonfires of the Celtic Litha, the Scandinavian Midsommar, the ancient Egyptian alignment of temples. The palette is the palette of full solar noon: the intense, almost white yellow of the sun at its highest, the warm amber of the light in the afternoon, the deep sky blue of a cloudless day, the vivid green of vegetation at its most lush. It is the most confident palette in the calendar — no shadows, no hesitation, colour at its full amplitude.
RGB (231-211-95)
#e7d35f
A vivid yellow: light, considered, and steady.
What the Forbearing Acre above Grading →RGB (224-173-92)
#e0ad5c
A light, vivid orange with a quiet presence.
Patient Border underneath Growing →RGB (87-186-239)
#57baef
A light, vivid blue with a quiet presence.
What the Venerable Arch beneath Pausing →RGB (137-239-128)
#89ef80
vivid and very light — a green that reads as open.
The Pristine Candle betwixt Dispersing →RGB (232-236-9)
#e8ec09
This medium yellow sits at the vivid end of its family.
What the Canyon for Stocky Extending →:root { --summer-solstice-1: #e7d35f; --summer-solstice-2: #e0ad5c; --summer-solstice-3: #57baef; --summer-solstice-4: #89ef80; --summer-solstice-5: #e8ec09;}