Wandering Onyx color palette — #FDE8D9 · #8D7141 · #6E3100 · #510013 · #181700

A conversation between Espresso and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FDE8D9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Walnut (#8D7141): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#6E3100): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#510013): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#181700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Wandering Onyx 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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