Tempered Archive color palette — #ECDFCF · #865E00 · #004F53 · #40004B · #15000D

Royal Purple and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECDFCF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#865E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Forest (#004F53): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Royal Purple (#40004B): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#15000D): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Archive 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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