Pale Basin color palette — #FFF2EA · #ECAC69 · #CA550C · #901029 · #201700
A conversation between Terracotta and Wine, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF2EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cantaloupe (#ECAC69): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Terracotta (#CA550C): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Wine (#901029): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Ink (#201700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.
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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- Tempered Drift color palette (#FFF2EE, #CEC947, #A30C3B, #400011, #040000)
- Terracotta Delta color palette (#FFF2E9, #F5D7B4, #C6906F, #9A544E, #34312B)
- Linen Garden color palette (#FFF2ED, #FFA8A3, #499300, #C90026, #000200)
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