Tempered Amber color palette — #F9E3CD · #CD8A05 · #856000 · #584300 · #251E00
A conversation between Mustard and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F9E3CD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Mustard (#CD8A05): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Ochre (#856000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Olive (#584300): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#251E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Amber 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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