Tempered Taupe color palette — #EFDDC0 · #93B077 · #489686 · #824F6D · #4A1723
A conversation between Sage and Fern, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFDDC0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Sage (#93B077): A luminous, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Fern (#489686): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Graphite (#824F6D): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Espresso (#4A1723): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Taupe 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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