Faded Straw color palette — #FFEFDF · #F9EC7E · #8BC67F · #A65D54 · #3B2902

A conversation between Butter and Mint Leaf, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEFDF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Butter (#F9EC7E): A whisper-light, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Mint Leaf (#8BC67F): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Walnut (#A65D54): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#3B2902): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Balance. Tagged pastel, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Straw 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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