Pale Onyx color palette — #F2DECD · #935000 · #214900 · #280055 · #050300
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F2DECD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ochre (#935000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Deep Olive (#214900): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Indigo (#280055): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#050300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Pale 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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