Chalky Mustard color palette — #F9E0C5 · #D1A400 · #7E4F00 · #422700 · #190C00

A conversation between Gold and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F9E0C5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Gold (#D1A400): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coffee (#7E4F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#422700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#190C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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