Faded Quarry color palette — #FFE5CC · #FFB053 · #DD7E00 · #9F5700 · #2D1500

A conversation between Mustard and Cantaloupe, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FFE5CC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Cantaloupe (#FFB053): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Mustard (#DD7E00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#9F5700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2D1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged monochrome, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Quarry 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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