Pale Courtyard color palette — #FFF2EC · #FFA15C · #C95600 · #882604 · #271200

Terracotta and Apricot set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Apricot (#FFA15C): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#C95600): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#882604): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#271200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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• Terracotta Terrace color palette (#FFE1F2, #C07B3E, #953B00, #6B0107, #1C0F00)
• Linen Honey color palette (#FFF3E3, #EECC76, #B5893A, #83540D, #302700)
• Amber Thicket color palette (#FFEAD8, #B57700, #704000, #371800, #020100)
• Bronze Study color palette (#FFF3E8, #E1DCC1, #C9A789, #A56B3F, #583700)
• Hushed Corridor color palette (#D8FFF4, #00AA90, #0C79F3, #665300, #00110C)
• Washed Petrol Workshop color palette (#E7FED5, #00A17F, #0066A9, #463700, #010800)

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