Softworn Mustard color palette — #FFF0F9 · #FFCDC2 · #DDB44E · #72589E · #2A0309

A conversation between Gold and Slate, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF0F9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Shell Pink (#FFCDC2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Gold (#DDB44E): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Slate (#72589E): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#2A0309): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged pastel, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Mustard 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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