Sunlit Alley color palette — #F9E6E6 · #F1615F · #B43F27 · #742D13 · #452D00

A conversation between Watermelon and Brick, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F9E6E6): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Watermelon (#F1615F): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Brick (#B43F27): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#742D13): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#452D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Sunlit Alley 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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