Softworn Amber color palette — #DAF8E0 · #FC9D8B · #C5893A · #00858B · #442437

A conversation between Mustard and Melon, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DAF8E0): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Melon (#FC9D8B): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Mustard (#C5893A): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Teal (#00858B): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#442437): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Amber 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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