Gentle Drift color palette — #F9D9CC · #FDA23E · #C58B00 · #7C6F00 · #262B00

Built around Apricot, softened by Mustard — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D9CC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Apricot (#FDA23E): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#C58B00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Walnut (#7C6F00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Forest (#262B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Drift 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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