Tempered Sand color palette — #EDF9EF · #EBCD8E · #927A4A · #405343 · #242E26

A conversation between Wheat and Walnut, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#EDF9EF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Wheat (#EBCD8E): A whisper-light, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Walnut (#927A4A): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Charcoal Brown (#405343): A full-bodied, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Forest (#242E26): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Sand 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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