Tempered Onyx color palette — #E4DFE5 · #958992 · #896049 · #53001D · #020003

Espresso and Walnut set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Silver (#E4DFE5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Heather (#958992): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Walnut (#896049): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#53001D): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Black (#020003): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Onyx 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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