Ancient Basin color palette — #F3E6DB · #E59100 · #926000 · #6A4A00 · #4F3B00
A conversation between Apricot and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F3E6DB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Apricot (#E59100): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ochre (#926000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Bronze (#6A4A00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Olive (#4F3B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.
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