Pale Alley color palette — #FFE2D9 · #F4A26E · #DB811E · #A57004 · #4B3800

Mustard and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE2D9): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Apricot (#F4A26E): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Mustard (#DB811E): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#A57004): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#4B3800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Alley 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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