Pale Drift color palette — #FFE8E1 · #F64261 · #A65E00 · #575400 · #001707

A conversation between Scarlet and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE8E1): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Scarlet (#F64261): A luminous, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ochre (#A65E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#575400): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#001707): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Drift 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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