Chalky Archive color palette — #FAEBD8 · #D39B00 · #895E00 · #4D3300 · #050200

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

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEBD8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#D39B00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#895E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#4D3300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#050200): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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