Softworn Alley color palette — #F5EDE7 · #D5CAC0 · #B29C84 · #893A00 · #3B291D

Burnt Sienna and Taupe set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F5EDE7): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Oat (#D5CAC0): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Taupe (#B29C84): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Burnt Sienna (#893A00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#3B291D): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Alley 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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