Pale Goldenrod — 11-step color scale

Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa) sits at 500, untouched. Every other step is Pale Goldenrod 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 Pale Goldenrod 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.#eee8aa

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 Pale Goldenrod

Success, warning, error and the rest are derived from Pale Goldenrod 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 #eee8aa

Suggested	Protanopia	Deuteranopia	Tritanopia
success#86bd97	13.5	17.1	33.2
warning#d19e78	17.1	14.4	20.6
error#d999ab	28.7	21.0	21.0
discovery#95aee1	41.1	42.4	31.2
info#6dbdc8	30.4	35.5	35.7
neutral#afad9d	18.5	18.6	15.4

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

The success suggestion is the closest call: it clears the threshold under Protanopia, but only reaches ΔE₀₀ 13.5, so it sits just above the 11 line rather than comfortably past it.

Export Pale Goldenrod

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: #fefdf8;
  --color-color-100: #fbf9eb;
  --color-color-200: #f8f6dd;
  --color-color-300: #f5f2cf;
  --color-color-400: #f1edbb;
  --color-color-500: #eee8aa;
  --color-color-600: #beba88;
  --color-color-700: #85825f;
  --color-color-800: #5f5d44;
  --color-color-900: #393829;
  --color-color-950: #13130e;
}

SCSS

$color-color-50: #fefdf8;
$color-color-100: #fbf9eb;
$color-color-200: #f8f6dd;
$color-color-300: #f5f2cf;
$color-color-400: #f1edbb;
$color-color-500: #eee8aa;
$color-color-600: #beba88;
$color-color-700: #85825f;
$color-color-800: #5f5d44;
$color-color-900: #393829;
$color-color-950: #13130e;

JavaScript

export const color = {
  50: '#fefdf8',
  100: '#fbf9eb',
  200: '#f8f6dd',
  300: '#f5f2cf',
  400: '#f1edbb',
  500: '#eee8aa',
  600: '#beba88',
  700: '#85825f',
  800: '#5f5d44',
  900: '#393829',
  950: '#13130e',
};

JSON

{
  "color": {
    "50": "#fefdf8",
    "100": "#fbf9eb",
    "200": "#f8f6dd",
    "300": "#f5f2cf",
    "400": "#f1edbb",
    "500": "#eee8aa",
    "600": "#beba88",
    "700": "#85825f",
    "800": "#5f5d44",
    "900": "#393829",
    "950": "#13130e"
  }
}

Figma Variables

{
  "color": {
    "50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.996078431372549,
          0.9921568627450981,
          0.9725490196078431
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FEFDF8"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:1",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.984313725490196,
          0.9764705882352941,
          0.9215686274509803
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#FBF9EB"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:2",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9725490196078431,
          0.9647058823529412,
          0.8666666666666667
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F8F6DD"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:3",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "300": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9607843137254902,
          0.9490196078431372,
          0.8117647058823529
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F5F2CF"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:4",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9450980392156862,
          0.9294117647058824,
          0.7333333333333333
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#F1EDBB"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:5",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.9333333333333333,
          0.9098039215686274,
          0.6666666666666666
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#EEE8AA"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:6",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.7450980392156863,
          0.7294117647058823,
          0.5333333333333333
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#BEBA88"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:7",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.5215686274509804,
          0.5098039215686274,
          0.37254901960784315
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#85825F"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:8",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.37254901960784315,
          0.36470588235294116,
          0.26666666666666666
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#5F5D44"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:9",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.2235294117647059,
          0.2196078431372549,
          0.1607843137254902
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#393829"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:10",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    },
    "950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [
          0.07450980392156863,
          0.07450980392156863,
          0.054901960784313725
        ],
        "alpha": 1,
        "hex": "#13130E"
      },
      "$extensions": {
        "com.figma.variableId": "VariableID:1:11",
        "com.figma.isOverride": true
      }
    }
  },
  "$extensions": {
    "com.figma.modeName": "Value"
  }
}

Open Pale Goldenrod in the generator How the scale is built