Ancient Basin color palette — #FFF2EF · #E1DCCF · #C1CDAA · #A27E88 · #614A42

A conversation between Pistachio and Heather, giving this palette its sense of sophistication and softness.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Bone (#E1DCCF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Pistachio (#C1CDAA): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Heather (#A27E88): A luminous, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Charcoal Brown (#614A42): A full-bodied, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. Tagged pastel, light, muted.

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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