Apricot Lantern color palette — #FBD8C9 · #FF8E42 · #CF7400 · #9B5E00 · #452B00

Built around Apricot, softened by Mustard — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FBD8C9): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Apricot (#FF8E42): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#CF7400): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#9B5E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#452B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Apricot Lantern 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.

Similar palettes

• Sunlit Apricot color palette (#FFDCDB, #FF895B, #C16800, #634300, #2E2400)
• Ember Balcony color palette (#FFE9E6, #FF886F, #F25E0D, #A64900, #552800)
• Washed Marigold Bloom color palette (#F5E8D7, #DFA500, #AA8A00, #816D00, #3B3600)
• Soft Honey color palette (#FFECD0, #FCBB42, #C48E00, #8E6200, #261800)
• Dusty Amber color palette (#FFF1F7, #F9CDA4, #D9A96A, #B18537, #34543D)
• Fuchsia Courtyard color palette (#FBDAE6, #FC9B32, #ED66F3, #C37100, #4E0052)
• Antique Peony color palette (#F4E0CD, #E68D00, #6AB200, #FB0C85, #361D00)
• Sunlit Sunflower color palette (#FFF2DD, #FFE59E, #D9DA39, #E48E00, #453300)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.