Tempered Garden color palette — #F5E1CF · #C78C3F · #8B4E00 · #502300 · #070300

A conversation between Mustard and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F5E1CF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#C78C3F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coffee (#8B4E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#502300): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#070300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Garden 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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