Tempered Garden color palette — #FAE5D6 · #986100 · #6F3000 · #4A0109 · #060300

Ochre and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE5D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#986100): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#6F3000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#4A0109): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Garden 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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