Faded Archive color palette — #FAE9CD · #AE8700 · #008FA4 · #7A5E00 · #001317
A conversation between Mustard and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#FAE9CD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Mustard (#AE8700): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Cerulean (#008FA4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Olive (#7A5E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ink (#001317): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.
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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