Ivory — 11-step color scale

Ivory (#fffff0) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is Ivory composited over white or black at a decreasing opacity, so the whole ramp stays in one hue family instead of drifting toward another color at the ends.

Open Ivory in the generator

8%50

24%100

40%200

56%300

80%400

100%500your color

80%600

56%700

40%800

24%900

8%950

Each step is the base composited over white or black at the opacity shown.#fffff0

For text that needs to pass AA on white, 800, 900, 950 clear the 4.5:1 line. On a dark surface, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 do.

Semantic colors from Ivory

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from Ivory itself, then checked so they stay distinguishable from the base — and from each other — under the three types of color blindness. The distance below is CIEDE2000 after each simulation.

Derived from #fffff0

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#8dbaa1	17.3	18.8	25.5
warning#cca589	21.5	20.2	26.6
error#c9a0ba	25.7	22.2	25.3
discovery#9eadd5	29.0	30.0	23.1
info#80b9c1	21.4	25.4	28.1
neutral#afaf9d	18.8	18.7	18.8

CIEDE2000 distance from the base under each simulation. The lowest of the three decides, and a dot marks the ones that land under 11.

Every suggested color clears ΔE₀₀ 11 from Ivory under all three simulations, so nothing needed nudging — the family hues sit far enough from Ivory on their own.

Export Ivory

The same five formats the generator produces, for this scale. Copy any block, or open the tool to tweak the ramp first.

CSS

:root {
  --color-color-50: #fffffe;
  --color-color-100: #fffffb;
  --color-color-200: #fffff9;
  --color-color-300: #fffff7;
  --color-color-400: #fffff3;
  --color-color-500: #fffff0;
  --color-color-600: #ccccc0;
  --color-color-700: #8f8f86;
  --color-color-800: #666660;
  --color-color-900: #3d3d3a;
  --color-color-950: #141413;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #fffffe;
$color-color-100: #fffffb;
$color-color-200: #fffff9;
$color-color-300: #fffff7;
$color-color-400: #fffff3;
$color-color-500: #fffff0;
$color-color-600: #ccccc0;
$color-color-700: #8f8f86;
$color-color-800: #666660;
$color-color-900: #3d3d3a;
$color-color-950: #141413;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#fffffe',
  100: '#fffffb',
  200: '#fffff9',
  300: '#fffff7',
  400: '#fffff3',
  500: '#fffff0',
  600: '#ccccc0',
  700: '#8f8f86',
  800: '#666660',
  900: '#3d3d3a',
  950: '#141413',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#fffffe",
    "100": "#fffffb",
    "200": "#fffff9",
    "300": "#fffff7",
    "400": "#fffff3",
    "500": "#fffff0",
    "600": "#ccccc0",
    "700": "#8f8f86",
    "800": "#666660",
    "900": "#3d3d3a",
    "950": "#141413"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          1,
          1,
          0.996078431372549
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FFFFFE"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          1,
          1,
          0.984313725490196
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FFFFFB"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          1,
          1,
          0.9764705882352941
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FFFFF9"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          1,
          1,
          0.9686274509803922
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FFFFF7"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          1,
          1,
          0.9529411764705882
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FFFFF3"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          1,
          1,
          0.9411764705882353
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FFFFF0"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.8,
          0.8,
          0.7529411764705882
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#CCCCC0"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.5607843137254902,
          0.5607843137254902,
          0.5254901960784314
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#8F8F86"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.4,
          0.4,
          0.3764705882352941
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#666660"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.23921568627450981,
          0.23921568627450981,
          0.22745098039215686
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#3D3D3A"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.0784313725490196,
          0.0784313725490196,
          0.07450980392156863
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#141413"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Ivory in the generator How the scale is built