Ancient Basin color palette — #FFF2EE · #E8CC94 · #964750 · #4F0416 · #0B0201
Built around Burnt Sienna, softened by Espresso — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF2EE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Wheat (#E8CC94): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Burnt Sienna (#964750): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Espresso (#4F0416): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Ink (#0B0201): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.
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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