Tempered Amber color palette — #FFE9D2 · #CC7E00 · #834D00 · #3A2100 · #080300

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

The five colors

• Cream (#FFE9D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#CC7E00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coffee (#834D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#3A2100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#080300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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