Most summer palettes reach straight for aqua and coral and call it a day. This one starts somewhere warmer. Warm Sable leads — a toasted, sun-baked brown that feels like weathered wood and late-afternoon light. It is the contemporary move for 2026, where earthy warm tones are doing the heavy lifting that cool grays used to.
Against that anchor, Citrus Zest is the spark. Use it in small doses — a cabinet, a chair, a front door — and it reads like fresh lemon and summer sun. Sun Cream is your base, the calm space that lets everything breathe, while Clear Sky Blue steps in as the cool counterweight that stops the whole thing from running too hot.
A little Deep Espresso at the edges — a frame, a fixture, a band of trim — pulls it all into focus. Keep the sable and cream doing most of the work, let the citrus and blue play, and you get a summer scheme with actual depth instead of one more pastel cliche.