Faded Courtyard color palette — #FDE8DB · #CD9140 · #C25928 · #8D3B4D · #1E1500

Terracotta and Mustard set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FDE8DB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#CD9140): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#C25928): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Garnet (#8D3B4D): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#1E1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Courtyard 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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