Softworn Archive color palette — #FFEDBD · #9A7A00 · #2A2E00 · #0E1818 · #0C0600
A conversation between Ochre and Deep Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Custard (#FFEDBD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ochre (#9A7A00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Deep Forest (#2A2E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Ink (#0E1818): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Ink (#0C0600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn Archive 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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