Shadow Onyx color palette — #FAE9D7 · #424C45 · #432600 · #181D15 · #070300

Espresso and Cream set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAE9D7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Charcoal Brown (#424C45): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Espresso (#432600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#181D15): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#070300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow 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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