Tempered Ember color palette — #FBECD5 · #CD5F5B · #834B00 · #004A4A · #362F2B

Built around Coral Clay, softened by Bronze — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FBECD5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coral Clay (#CD5F5B): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#834B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Forest (#004A4A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Espresso (#362F2B): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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