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Stop Making Color Palettes

What it is

An article about replacing bloated UI color palettes with a system derived from one color token.
It describes methods for building a color system intended to remain accessible and visually cohesive.

Useful for

Designing simpler UI color systems.
Reducing unused or inconsistently applied color tokens.
Starting an accessible single-color-token approach.

Notes to know

The article presents the author’s approach and a starting point for experimentation.
It focuses on UI design color systems rather than a general-purpose palette library.

A considered shelf by Shahadat Shemul·@HiShahadat