Timeworn Onyx color palette — #EFE8E5 · #A69785 · #836F25 · #520D00 · #150500

Built around Espresso, softened by Walnut — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#EFE8E5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Taupe (#A69785): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Walnut (#836F25): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Espresso (#520D00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#150500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Timeworn 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.

Similar palettes

• Weathered Onyx color palette (#F2EAEA, #AA948C, #8B684C, #500038, #150405)
• Muted Orchard color palette (#F4EDE2, #9E9A86, #517C60, #3A2700, #100700)
• Weathered Cocoa Basin color palette (#F6EEE9, #B5A08D, #978365, #762800, #130500)
• Cocoa Hollow color palette (#EDE7DF, #BDB9A6, #89936D, #5C3E00, #261E13)
• Weathered Fern Veranda color palette (#F9F5E8, #D0D6BC, #96AF90, #5E5E00, #35332C)
• Onyx Drift color palette (#FBE5EC, #8C5230, #3B4800, #2D0442, #1C0014)
• Velvet Onyx color palette (#ECDDC7, #556520, #00351B, #240236, #070600)
• Softworn Pier color palette (#F0DBC9, #CB3F90, #8D4A00, #2D4600, #080500)

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