Soft Alley color palette — #FFE5E7 · #FF8588 · #DA492A · #823600 · #371B00

A conversation between Poppy and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5E7): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Salmon (#FF8588): A luminous, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Poppy (#DA492A): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#823600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#371B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Soft 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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