Pale Drift color palette — #F6DDCE · #EE952C · #B58B33 · #95513C · #170900

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F6DDCE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Apricot (#EE952C): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#B58B33): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Burnt Sienna (#95513C): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#170900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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