Softworn Nightshade Alley color palette — #FFE2C9 · #945400 · #00628C · #143DAA · #0F0500

A conversation between Indigo and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FFE2C9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#945400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Peacock (#00628C): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Indigo (#143DAA): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#0F0500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Nightshade Alley into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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