Velvet Plum Courtyard color palette — #FDE7E2 · #B30045 · #3F1600 · #1B1B0C · #1A0005

A conversation between Ruby and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FDE7E2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ruby (#B30045): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Espresso (#3F1600): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#1B1B0C): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#1A0005): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Velvet Plum Courtyard 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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