Basalt Archive color palette — #F3E5DB · #795C23 · #572700 · #350008 · #020200

Espresso and Ink set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F3E5DB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Coffee (#795C23): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#572700): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#350008): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Black (#020200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Basalt Archive 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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