Softworn Basin color palette — #FAEBDD · #A28247 · #7A4800 · #5B2400 · #2C2400

A conversation between Bronze and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEBDD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Caramel (#A28247): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Bronze (#7A4800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#5B2400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#2C2400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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• Softworn Harbor color palette (#F5E7DF, #91572D, #631E00, #3C0007, #140800)
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• Mulberry Market color palette (#D0E5CC, #00726A, #7C3170, #641A00, #092104)
• Patina Driftwood color palette (#D8E2D3, #A68847, #004037, #001B17, #000905)
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