Gentle Alley color palette — #FDDADD · #FF8C78 · #ED6201 · #985E00 · #412D00

A conversation between Pumpkin and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDDADD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Salmon (#FF8C78): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Pumpkin (#ED6201): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ochre (#985E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#412D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Alley 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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