Pale Quarry color palette — #F3E7DD · #EF656D · #BC5C00 · #665500 · #281400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F3E7DD): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Watermelon (#EF656D): A luminous, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ochre (#BC5C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#665500): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Ink (#281400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Quarry 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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