Ancient Basin color palette — #ECDBCC · #AB7E00 · #7D4500 · #531D10 · #140D00
A conversation between Mustard and Bronze, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Bone (#ECDBCC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Mustard (#AB7E00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Bronze (#7D4500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Espresso (#531D10): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Ink (#140D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.
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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