Pale Basin color palette — #FAE0CC · #9C7600 · #555800 · #003B0D · #001C12

Ochre and Olive set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE0CC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#9C7600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Olive (#555800): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Deep Forest (#003B0D): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#001C12): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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