Charred Onyx color palette — #ECE0D5 · #414B42 · #462400 · #191D14 · #070400

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE0D5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Charcoal (#414B42): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#462400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#191D14): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#070400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Charred 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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