back to palettes
Color lane
Maquette Cardstock
Three coloured cardstocks cut and lit on a warm cream paper ground — bright and tactile, never muddy, with depth from light rather than line.
Signature · the star
primary accentCoral · #e2683f
Slate Blue · #3f6e92
Soft Gold · #e6a93c
Neutrals · the ground
bg
#f6eedd
#f6eedd
surface
#fcf7ec
#fcf7ec
text
#33291f
#33291f
muted
#8a7a63
#8a7a63
border
#e6dac2
#e6dac2
Semantic · functional accessory
success
warning
error
info
Download .csswarmcream-groundpapercutcoralslate-blue
Do
- · Use the three cardstocks like cut-paper pieces — coral for action, slate-blue for structure, gold for light and emphasis
- · Keep the warm cream as the ground; let paper-white be the lifted surface plane
- · Reserve coral for the near plane and primary actions
Don't
- · Default the ground to white — the warm cream paper is the identity
- · Let semantic colours (error/warning) become visually primary
- · Muddy the cardstocks with washes or gradients
try it
remix with this palette
Drop Maquette Cardstock onto any UI language and swap the art style — the preview recolors live.
UI language
Palette · fixed
Maquette Cardstock
Art style
Landing PageCivic Press · Maquette Cardstock · Cyanotype
live preview · recolored + filled