Tempered Basin color palette — #F8F0EB · #DABEA0 · #85533E · #4F2300 · #1D1108

Espresso and Coffee set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F8F0EB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Sand (#DABEA0): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Coffee (#85533E): A full-bodied, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#4F2300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#1D1108): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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