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Wheatpaste
Confrontational and nocturnal: bright photocopied paper shouting off a grimy dark wall under a single sodium light. Loud, handled, utilitarian — never pretty or soft.
Signature · the star
primary accentSodium Amber · #f2b705
Tar Black · #16140f
Xerox Paper · #f4f0e6
Neutrals · the ground
bg
#16140f
#16140f
surface
#f4f0e6
#f4f0e6
text
#16140f
#16140f
muted
#6f6a5c
#6f6a5c
border
#16140f
#16140f
Semantic · functional accessory
success
warning
error
info
Download .csssodium-ambertar-blackxerox-papermonochrome-plus-onehigh-contrast
Do
- · Keep amber as a single highlighter per region — live tags, one primary button, focus rings, chart/meter peak.
- · Run bright paper scraps against the tar-black wall for contrast; let the wall show between them.
- · Hold semantic colours quiet; warning shares the amber, success/error/info stay muted and never primary.
Don't
- · Do not wash a surface in amber or use it as a background fill.
- · Do not soften to a pale paper ground or pure white; the ground is tar-black.
- · Do not introduce a second bright accent — one amber only.
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Drop Wheatpaste onto any UI language and swap the art style — the preview recolors live.
UI language
Palette · fixed
Wheatpaste
Art style
Landing PageAkte · Wheatpaste · Cathode Ray
live preview · recolored + filled