Softworn Lantern color palette — #ECDBD2 · #D08F4F · #855900 · #4C3800 · #201A00

A conversation between Mustard and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Bone (#ECDBD2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Mustard (#D08F4F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#855900): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#4C3800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#201A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Lantern 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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