Gentle Drift color palette — #EFE2D2 · #D98900 · #A66500 · #694100 · #030100

A conversation between Mustard and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE2D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#D98900): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#A66500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Bronze (#694100): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged monochrome.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Drift 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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