Faded Archive color palette — #FFEAD3 · #BF7800 · #139657 · #006E84 · #170A00

A conversation between Fern and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEAD3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#BF7800): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Fern (#139657): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Peacock (#006E84): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#170A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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