Faded Apricot color palette — #FFF4DE · #FA881B · #867100 · #004E65 · #251400

A conversation between Apricot and Walnut, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF4DE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Apricot (#FA881B): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Walnut (#867100): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Peacock (#004E65): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#251400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Apricot 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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