Dusty Courtyard color palette — #EDE4E2 · #978B81 · #87641F · #53001B · #040000

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EDE4E2): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Gray (#978B81): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Walnut (#87641F): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#53001B): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty 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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