Nightshade Alley color palette — #EFE4D6 · #C18000 · #008767 · #1D46AB · #280011
A conversation between Indigo and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE4D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Mustard (#C18000): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Fern (#008767): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Indigo (#1D46AB): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Ink (#280011): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Nightshade Alley 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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