Chalky Basin color palette — #F8DBC6 · #BC8149 · #AE4D04 · #7F2E24 · #120900

A conversation between Terracotta and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Peach Cream (#F8DBC6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#BC8149): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#AE4D04): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#7F2E24): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#120900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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