# Warm Paper — palette recipe

## The idea
- Off-white pages and soft brown ink, like a well-loved notebook, with one fired-clay accent that points the eye to what matters.

## Use it for
- Personal writing and essays
- Recipe and craft sites
- Small independent shops

## Avoid it when
- The product needs to feel clinical or high-tech
- Screens are mostly dark data dashboards

## Colours
- Unbleached Page (background): #f6efe3
- Fresh Sheet (surface): #fffaf2
- Walnut Ink (text): #2b2118
- Pencil Shade (muted): #665443
- Fired Clay (accent): #a8401b
- Bottle Green (accent-2): #2f6457
- Folded Edge (border): #dccdb4

## Accessible pairs
- Fresh Sheet on Walnut Ink — 15.2:1 (AA)
- Walnut Ink on Fresh Sheet — 15.2:1 (AA)
- Unbleached Page on Walnut Ink — 13.8:1 (AA)
- Walnut Ink on Unbleached Page — 13.8:1 (AA)
- Folded Edge on Walnut Ink — 10.1:1 (AA)
- Walnut Ink on Folded Edge — 10.1:1 (AA)
- Fresh Sheet on Pencil Shade — 6.9:1 (AA)
- Pencil Shade on Fresh Sheet — 6.9:1 (AA)
- Bottle Green on Fresh Sheet — 6.6:1 (AA)
- Fresh Sheet on Bottle Green — 6.6:1 (AA)
- Pencil Shade on Unbleached Page — 6.3:1 (AA)
- Unbleached Page on Pencil Shade — 6.3:1 (AA)
- Bottle Green on Unbleached Page — 6.0:1 (AA)
- Unbleached Page on Bottle Green — 6.0:1 (AA)
- Fired Clay on Fresh Sheet — 5.9:1 (AA)
- Fresh Sheet on Fired Clay — 5.9:1 (AA)
- Fired Clay on Unbleached Page — 5.4:1 (AA)
- Unbleached Page on Fired Clay — 5.4:1 (AA)
- Folded Edge on Pencil Shade — 4.6:1 (AA)
- Pencil Shade on Folded Edge — 4.6:1 (AA)
- Bottle Green on Folded Edge — 4.4:1 (AA large)
- Folded Edge on Bottle Green — 4.4:1 (AA large)
- Fired Clay on Folded Edge — 3.9:1 (AA large)
- Folded Edge on Fired Clay — 3.9:1 (AA large)

## Principles
- Let the paper tone fill most of the page; use the fresh sheet only for cards and inputs.
- Set all long text in walnut ink, never in the clay accent.
- Keep fired clay for one action per screen and for links.
- Use bottle green sparingly for success states and small highlights.
- Draw dividers in the folded-edge tone so they read as creases, not lines.