# Warm paper — palette recipe

## The idea

- The colours of a well-kept notebook: cream pages, soft brown ink and one terracotta mark, so long reading feels unhurried and personal.
- Mood: warm, calm, friendly

## Use it for

- Long-form writing and journals
- Recipe and craft sites
- Small independent shops

## Avoid it when

- The product must feel cold, technical or clinical
- Most of the page is dense data tables

## Colours

- Cream page (background): #f6f0e4
- Fresh sheet (surface): #fffaf1
- Walnut ink (text): #2b2620
- Pencil brown (muted): #665a4b
- Terracotta (accent): #a3402a
- Folded edge (border): #ddd1bd

## Accessible pairs

- Fresh sheet on Walnut ink — 14.4:1 (AA)
- Walnut ink on Fresh sheet — 14.4:1 (AA)
- Cream page on Walnut ink — 13.2:1 (AA)
- Walnut ink on Cream page — 13.2:1 (AA)
- Folded edge on Walnut ink — 9.9:1 (AA)
- Walnut ink on Folded edge — 9.9:1 (AA)
- Fresh sheet on Pencil brown — 6.5:1 (AA)
- Pencil brown on Fresh sheet — 6.5:1 (AA)
- Fresh sheet on Terracotta — 6.1:1 (AA)
- Terracotta on Fresh sheet — 6.1:1 (AA)
- Cream page on Pencil brown — 5.9:1 (AA)
- Pencil brown on Cream page — 5.9:1 (AA)
- Cream page on Terracotta — 5.6:1 (AA)
- Terracotta on Cream page — 5.6:1 (AA)
- Folded edge on Pencil brown — 4.5:1 (AA large)
- Pencil brown on Folded edge — 4.5:1 (AA large)
- Folded edge on Terracotta — 4.2:1 (AA large)
- Terracotta on Folded edge — 4.2:1 (AA large)

## Principles

- Let cream page cover about 70% of the screen and fresh sheet about 15%, for cards and quotes
- Set all reading text in walnut ink; keep pencil brown for dates, captions and secondary details
- Spend terracotta on no more than 5% of the page: one main button, links and a single highlight per view
- Use folded edge only for thin rules and card outlines, never for text
- Keep pure white and pure black out; they break the paper feel