Ancient Basalt color palette — #E4F3E7 · #B19864 · #553F00 · #2C1F00 · #001714

A conversation between Deep Olive and Camel, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#E4F3E7): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Camel (#B19864): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#553F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2C1F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#001714): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: 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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