Ancient Basalt color palette — #FDF3EB · #CAC191 · #7D5331 · #542E00 · #292519
A conversation between Espresso and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FDF3EB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Sand (#CAC191): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Coffee (#7D5331): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Espresso (#542E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Onyx (#292519): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basalt 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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