Faded Archive color palette — #F6E8DA · #CF8500 · #0092A5 · #5E40D2 · #240400
A conversation between Iris and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F6E8DA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Mustard (#CF8500): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Cerulean (#0092A5): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Iris (#5E40D2): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#240400): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.
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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