Tempered Sand color palette — #EEF8F0 · #E6CE9E · #8F7A4F · #3F5343 · #262D28
Built around Wheat, softened by Walnut — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Ivory (#EEF8F0): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Wheat (#E6CE9E): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Walnut (#8F7A4F): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Charcoal Brown (#3F5343): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Onyx (#262D28): a grounded near-black with real depth.
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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