Tempered Apricot color palette — #FFE4D4 · #F18E1C · #BF7600 · #845700 · #4C3508

A conversation between Apricot and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE4D4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Apricot (#F18E1C): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#BF7600): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#845700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#4C3508): 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 Tempered Apricot 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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