Softworn Lantern color palette — #FFE5D7 · #AA6119 · #6E3100 · #481400 · #231100

A conversation between Ochre and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5D7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#AA6119): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Rust (#6E3100): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#481400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#231100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Lantern 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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