Shadow Archive color palette — #FAE8DC · #865900 · #3A3100 · #101700 · #000605

Ochre and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAE8DC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#865900): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#3A3100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#101700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#000605): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow 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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