Moonless Alley color palette — #F8DBEC · #875500 · #5E1F00 · #340011 · #020200

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F8DBEC): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ochre (#875500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#5E1F00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#340011): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Black (#020200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Moonless Alley 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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