Tempered Mustard color palette — #FFF2ED · #E3D1CC · #C0C2B4 · #DCAF4F · #4E271C

A conversation between Gold and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2ED): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Oat (#E3D1CC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Stone (#C0C2B4): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Gold (#DCAF4F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#4E271C): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. Tagged candy, vibrant, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Mustard 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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