Gentle Byzantium color palette — #EFE5D0 · #9D7700 · #008490 · #9C2AA2 · #0C0600
Built around Orchid, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE5D0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ochre (#9D7700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Cerulean (#008490): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Orchid (#9C2AA2): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Ink (#0C0600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle Byzantium 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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