Gentle Ember color palette — #FFF0D8 · #E66149 · #775E00 · #183091 · #2D1500

A conversation between Coral Clay and Indigo, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF0D8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coral Clay (#E66149): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Olive (#775E00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Indigo (#183091): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Onyx (#2D1500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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• Misty Coral color palette (#FFF4DA, #FF7B57, #957B00, #1B58AA, #4D2C11)
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