Obsidian Onyx color palette — #FDE8CB · #505E62 · #3D2A00 · #171E17 · #040500

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#FDE8CB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Graphite (#505E62): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#3D2A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#171E17): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#040500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Obsidian 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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