Ancient Basin color palette — #FFE3C2 · #DFAF00 · #978E00 · #477100 · #21501D
A conversation between Saffron and Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Peach Cream (#FFE3C2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Saffron (#DFAF00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Moss (#978E00): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#477100): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Olive (#21501D): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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