Softworn Ember color palette — #FDF3EE · #DFDCCE · #96B6B9 · #E16757 · #5A2100

A conversation between Coral Clay and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FDF3EE): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Bone (#DFDCCE): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ash (#96B6B9): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Coral Clay (#E16757): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#5A2100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

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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