Faded Amber Archive color palette — #FFE3CD · #C8972D · #A2520B · #6C2C2F · #231B00

Built around Mustard, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FFE3CD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#C8972D): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#A2520B): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Oxblood (#6C2C2F): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Onyx (#231B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Amber Archive 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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