Weathered Byzantium color palette — #FFE8EC · #CD8CD7 · #CC8144 · #9C4AA9 · #532900

A conversation between Orchid and Mauve, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE8EC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Mauve (#CD8CD7): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Mustard (#CC8144): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Orchid (#9C4AA9): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Espresso (#532900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Weathered Byzantium 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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