Softworn Amber color palette — #E8DDCC · #A88A2C · #765500 · #4C2F00 · #161200

A conversation between Mustard and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Bone (#E8DDCC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#A88A2C): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Coffee (#765500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#4C2F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#161200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Amber 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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