Faded Archive color palette — #FFDDE1 · #FF646A · #C1281A · #702200 · #2D1000

Brick and Watermelon set the tone — five colors that lean into warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDE1): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Watermelon (#FF646A): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Brick (#C1281A): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#702200): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#2D1000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged warm.

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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