Shadow Delta color palette — #F9EBE2 · #823000 · #00352F · #001C3F · #0F0009

A conversation between Rust and Midnight, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9EBE2): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Rust (#823000): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Forest (#00352F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Midnight (#001C3F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#0F0009): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged jewel, vibrant, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Delta 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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