Softworn Ember color palette — #FFE2E4 · #FF8F83 · #EA5900 · #9C4C00 · #553100
A conversation between Pumpkin and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#FFE2E4): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Salmon (#FF8F83): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Pumpkin (#EA5900): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Burnt Sienna (#9C4C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Espresso (#553100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn Ember 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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