Velvet Courtyard color palette — #FDE0CE · #8B5300 · #493500 · #1A1800 · #010200

Built around Ochre, softened by Espresso — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDE0CE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#8B5300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#493500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#1A1800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Black (#010200): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Velvet Courtyard 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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