Tempered Onyx color palette — #FAECDA · #875C00 · #224800 · #231358 · #1B1600

Built around Deep Indigo, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAECDA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#875C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#224800): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Deep Indigo (#231358): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#1B1600): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Onyx 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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• Linen Fern color palette (#F4E1CF, #B86B00, #2A710E, #361A6F, #1D1500)
• Inked Fern color palette (#E4E3D2, #4B4700, #151C20, #011401, #000402)
• Timeworn Aubergine color palette (#FFDDC3, #838300, #006148, #5A006B, #1A3000)
• Wandering Driftwood color palette (#FAE9D5, #7D8841, #00634A, #4F2A4E, #401224)
• Ancient Pine color palette (#D4E6E0, #2D8F56, #005046, #4A201E, #00220E)

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