Building Tools That Save Time

You know that feeling when a simple task somehow turns into a 20-minute detour through five different websites? That was my life every time I needed to work with colors.

I'd start with what should be a quick color decision for a project. Pick a nice palette, feel pretty good about it, then reality would hit. Time to create some color variations for hover states and different UI elements. Off to one website. Need to check if my text is actually readable on these backgrounds? Different site. Want to grab the CSS values without manually typing out hex codes? Yet another tool.

By the time I'd collected everything I needed, I'd completely lost my train of thought and wondered why something so basic required visiting half the internet.

The breaking point came during a client project where I found myself bookmarking the same three color tools just so I could cycle through them faster. That's when I realized I was spending more time managing my workflow than actually working.

So I built exactly what I wished existed: one place to handle the whole color process from start to finish. Generate scales, check accessibility, export clean code, and move on with life. No more tab chaos, no more hitting premium feature walls halfway through a task.

It's funny how the tools we build for ourselves often end up being the ones we use most. This little app has quietly become part of my daily routine, and honestly, I don't miss the old color shuffle at all.

If you're tired of the same workflow headaches, take it for a spin (https://tools.myol-creative.com/). Sometimes the best productivity hack is just eliminating the stuff that shouldn't be complicated in the first place.