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.
#dccb4c
RGB(220, 203, 76) · hsl(53, 67%, 58%)
vivid and light — a yellow that reads as open.
Forged Border betwixt Aging →#eeb23a
RGB(238, 178, 58) · hsl(40, 84%, 58%)
This light orange sits at the vivid end of its family.
Measured Basin amid the Settling →#86c6f4
RGB(134, 198, 244) · hsl(205, 83%, 74%)
This very light blue sits at the vivid end of its family.
What Slender Bloom beneath Bejeweling →#28f054
RGB(40, 240, 84) · hsl(133, 87%, 55%)
vivid and light — a green that reads as open.
What Earnest Border among Spanning →#ccc019
RGB(204, 192, 25) · hsl(56, 78%, 45%)
This medium yellow sits at the vivid end of its family.
What the Bog throughout Composed Lasting →:root { --summer-solstice-1: #dccb4c; --summer-solstice-2: #eeb23a; --summer-solstice-3: #86c6f4; --summer-solstice-4: #28f054; --summer-solstice-5: #ccc019;}