Ancient Basin color palette — #FAEBDF · #CE9640 · #5C2E00 · #1D2520 · #100500
A conversation between Mustard and Cocoa, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Cream (#FAEBDF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Mustard (#CE9640): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Cocoa (#5C2E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#1D2520): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Ink (#100500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
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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