Shadow Archive color palette — #F5E0C6 · #684D00 · #3A2500 · #180B00 · #020100

Bronze and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F5E0C6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Bronze (#684D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#3A2500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#180B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Archive 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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