Deep Onyx color palette — #FCECDD · #3A433C · #412000 · #12150D · #040200

Built around Espresso, softened by Cream — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FCECDD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Charcoal (#3A433C): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#412000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#12150D): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#040200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Deep Onyx 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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