Textile Color Swatch

Open Color textile direction

Open Yellow Washed Ground textile color palette

A softer yellow set for grounds, shirting, linings, bedding, and low-contrast surface design. The values come from the MIT-licensed Open Color system, then are arranged here as a textile-ready story with roles for anchors, body cloth, grounds, and trims rather than as a UI-only scale.

sunlitwarmoptimisticwashed
Open Library

Textile Direction

How to use Open Yellow Washed Ground

Best For

  • washed yellow grounds
  • soft prints
  • linings and packaging
  • lightweight seasonal capsules

Materials

  • washed linen
  • cotton voile
  • fine knit
  • matte satin

Color Roles

  • Use the deepest washed yellow as the main contrast note without making the story heavy.
  • Use the middle values for textile surfaces that need color but still need air.
  • Use the palest two values as printable grounds, linings, and product-page backgrounds.

Color Specs

Palette values and contrast notes

Use these values as digital starting points, then approve final textile standards on the real fabric or substrate.

6 colors
SwatchRoleHEXRGBHSLApprox CMYKText Contrast
Anchor
Depth
Mid tone
Bridge
Ground
Highlight

Developer Handoff

CSS variables

Copy the palette as CSS custom properties.

--palette-1: #F08C00;
--palette-2: #FAB005;
--palette-3: #FFD43B;
--palette-4: #FFEC99;
--palette-5: #FFF3BF;
--palette-6: #FFF9DB;

Tailwind v4 theme

Use these tokens as palette utilities like bg-palette-1 and text-palette-1.

Copy the palette as Tailwind v4 theme color tokens.

@theme {
  --color-palette-1: #F08C00;
  --color-palette-2: #FAB005;
  --color-palette-3: #FFD43B;
  --color-palette-4: #FFEC99;
  --color-palette-5: #FFF3BF;
  --color-palette-6: #FFF9DB;
}

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