Tempered Archive color palette — #EBDBC9 · #A8873D · #4C2F00 · #221200 · #070500

Caramel and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Bone (#EBDBC9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#A8873D): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#4C2F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#221200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#070500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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