Faded Mustard color palette — #FFDDCE · #BAA53A · #428961 · #554272 · #412331

Built around Gold, softened by Fern — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDCE): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Gold (#BAA53A): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Fern (#428961): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Charcoal Brown (#554272): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Espresso (#412331): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Mustard 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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