Basalt Study color palette — #FDF4E5 · #CABE92 · #A28D59 · #86603E · #423F00

A conversation between Deep Olive and Caramel, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FDF4E5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Sand (#CABE92): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Caramel (#A28D59): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Walnut (#86603E): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#423F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Basalt Study 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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