Tempered Terracotta color palette — #FAE6D9 · #AF7940 · #8D3600 · #5F0619 · #160C00

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Oxblood, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE6D9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#AF7940): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Burnt Sienna (#8D3600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Oxblood (#5F0619): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#160C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Terracotta 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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