Tempered Coast color palette — #EEE3D8 · #875E27 · #532E00 · #301300 · #120900

A conversation between Walnut and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EEE3D8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Walnut (#875E27): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#532E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#301300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#120900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Coast 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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