Shadow Quarry color palette — #F9E9DC · #815900 · #542900 · #350100 · #020200

Built around Ochre, softened by Ink — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9E9DC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#815900): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#542900): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#350100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Black (#020200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Quarry 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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