Softworn Thicket color palette — #FFEAD3 · #009DA0 · #0052A4 · #3E2500 · #000507

A conversation between Indigo and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEAD3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#009DA0): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Indigo (#0052A4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#3E2500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#000507): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Thicket 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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