Sunlit Basin color palette — #FFF2EC · #F4AA1A · #C05E23 · #882036 · #1B1900

Saffron takes the lead with Terracotta close behind in a set that reads as optimism and balance at first glance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Saffron (#F4AA1A): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of old brass.
• Terracotta (#C05E23): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Wine (#882036): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#1B1900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Sunlit 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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