Faded Archive color palette — #FADBEC · #AC6000 · #732D00 · #500404 · #031C05

A conversation between Ochre and Rust, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FADBEC): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ochre (#AC6000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#732D00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#500404): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#031C05): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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