Faded Archive color palette — #F8EBDC · #B98300 · #775900 · #534400 · #3B3400
A conversation between Mustard and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#F8EBDC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Mustard (#B98300): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Coffee (#775900): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Olive (#534400): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Espresso (#3B3400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded Archive 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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