Pale Courtyard color palette — #FFE6E2 · #B93600 · #6A2400 · #371600 · #140D00

Terracotta and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE6E2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#B93600): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#6A2400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#371600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#140D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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