Ancient Basin color palette — #FFF6CE · #DEC02E · #6883EB · #AD4ED8 · #292100
A conversation between Orchid and Periwinkle, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Custard (#FFF6CE): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Saffron (#DEC02E): A luminous, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Periwinkle (#6883EB): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Orchid (#AD4ED8): A luminous, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
- Onyx (#292100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.
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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