Faded Drift color palette — #F6E6E3 · #FE976E · #E48000 · #AE6B03 · #493408

A conversation between Tangerine and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F6E6E3): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Apricot (#FE976E): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Tangerine (#E48000): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#AE6B03): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#493408): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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