Ancient Basin color palette — #D5E5D9 · #937100 · #004945 · #3F2F00 · #000504
Built around Ochre, softened by Espresso — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Bone (#D5E5D9): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ochre (#937100): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Forest (#004945): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Espresso (#3F2F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Ink (#000504): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged duotone, 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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