Sunlit Dune color palette — #FAE8CC · #1489C7 · #4A42B7 · #5B2700 · #001533

Indigo and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE8CC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#1489C7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Indigo (#4A42B7): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#5B2700): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Midnight (#001533): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged retro, cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Sunlit Dune 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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