Ancient Basin color palette — #FFF3E4 · #E6B300 · #AB7000 · #773B00 · #1C1900

Saffron and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF3E4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Saffron (#E6B300): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#AB7000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Bronze (#773B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#1C1900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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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