Tempered Basin color palette — #F8E5CF · #AC7C11 · #6B4400 · #341A00 · #020100
A conversation between Mustard and Bronze, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F8E5CF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Mustard (#AC7C11): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Bronze (#6B4400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#341A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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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