Misty Basin color palette — #FBDFCD · #D08735 · #9E3D00 · #58181F · #060300

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FBDFCD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#D08735): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Burnt Sienna (#9E3D00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#58181F): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Misty 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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