Tempered Drift color palette — #F5E9DF · #A27909 · #8B4F00 · #721D00 · #040400

Rust and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Cream (#F5E9DF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ochre (#A27909): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#8B4F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Rust (#721D00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#040400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Drift 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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