Tempered Mustard color palette — #FAD6D5 · #99C3FF · #E7A800 · #3E3933 · #281E0F

A conversation between Saffron and Sky, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FAD6D5): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Sky (#99C3FF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Saffron (#E7A800): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Charcoal (#3E3933): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Onyx (#281E0F): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Mustard 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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