Faded Ember color palette — #FCD7DF · #FF857C · #E86600 · #9D6000 · #433700

A conversation between Pumpkin and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCD7DF): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Salmon (#FF857C): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Pumpkin (#E86600): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ochre (#9D6000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#433700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Ember 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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