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arte*. A cream canvas where sun-dappled forest photos meet oversized rounded display type, electric chartreuse logo, and warm copper text that feels printed rather than rendered.

  • Commerce
  • Light theme
  • 10 colors
  • 6 typefaces

arte* is a sunlit harvest editorial: a warm cream canvas (#e5dccd) hosts oversized display headlines in Parafina — a soft, slightly retro rounded sans at extreme sizes (70–173px) with crushed line-heights near 0.8–0.9 — while Poppins handles all secondary copy at a tight 1.4. The palette is farm-garden: burnt harvest copper (#ab5700) for primary text, a shocking chartreuse (#e8e359) for the logo and hero overlays, and a periwinkle (#7997ff) that acts as a cool counterweight for inline highlights. Imagery is the other half of the system — full-bleed golden-hour photography of forests, food, and faces, layered with display type rather than separated from it. Components are few and soft: pill buttons at 31px radius, 20px card radii, hairline borders, almost no shadows. The overall impression is a printed cookbook or farmers' market poster digitized — confident display type, earth-toned with one electric yellow accent, and the brand name itself ends in an asterisk that signals playful editorial mischief.

Screenshot of arte*
Captured from makearte.ca on October 11, 2026

arte* design system

arte*

Brand4

  • Primary text, body copy, list borders, card borders, decorative strokes — the default ink color across all editorial content

  • Logotype color, hero text overlays, accent borders, icon highlights — the electric chartreuse that makes the brand pop against forest greens and cream

  • Button borders, body text on light accents, deep decorative strokes — a grounded dark green for contrast moments

  • Darkest accent, background fills for contrasted blocks, depth shadows

Accent5

  • Inline text highlights, links, secondary icon accents, input focus — a cool periwinkle that cools the otherwise warm palette when it enters body copy

  • List borders, secondary heading accents, warm decorative strokes

  • List borders, tag accents, organic decorative strokes

  • Heading borders, muted decorative strokes, cool-tone secondary

  • Soft fill washes, list surface tints, warm secondary backgrounds

Neutrals1

  • Page canvas, card surfaces, section backgrounds — the warm off-white that holds every screen

Try a pairing

Pick any two colors from the palette to check whether text stays readable on top.

Aa

#fafafa on Harvest Copper

4.91 : 1 contrast

Background
Text
  • Body textPasses AA 4.5
  • Large textPasses AA 3
  • StrictFails AAA 7

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