Faded Station color palette — #FFEACD · #ED9C03 · #9F7300 · #653E00 · #231400

Apricot and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEACD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Apricot (#ED9C03): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#9F7300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Bronze (#653E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#231400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged monochrome.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Station 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.

Similar palettes

• Softworn Apricot Delta color palette (#FFE4D9, #FF884C, #C25700, #763000, #2D0F00)
• Hushed Amber color palette (#FFEDD5, #CD8E00, #734C00, #3D2800, #261700)
• Aged Honey Dune color palette (#FFEBCD, #FDB239, #CF8A00, #905F00, #251600)
• Aged Bronze Pier color palette (#FFF3E3, #FFC571, #B17800, #573800, #090400)
• Hazy Quarry color palette (#EFF79C, #ADB700, #7F7C00, #4D4600, #1C1C00)
• Mustard Terrace color palette (#E8F6EC, #D2A400, #0082B2, #826400, #00141F)
• Softworn Terracotta color palette (#FFD5B6, #CC9D0E, #B15F00, #9A1220, #282C00)
• Muted Marigold Hollow color palette (#EDD7F3, #8AAFFF, #CC9D00, #3F2F00, #08170C)

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