Shadow Coast color palette — #FAEDE4 · #7C4D16 · #4D1900 · #280005 · #060300

A conversation between Coffee and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEDE4): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Coffee (#7C4D16): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#4D1900): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#280005): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Coast 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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