Tempered Archive color palette — #F3E5DB · #AB926F · #915026 · #712830 · #32302A

A conversation between Oxblood and Burnt Sienna, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F3E5DB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#AB926F): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#915026): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Oxblood (#712830): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#32302A): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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