Chalky Basin color palette — #FFF3E4 · #C38700 · #996800 · #005772 · #290306

Mustard and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF3E4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Mustard (#C38700): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#996800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Peacock (#005772): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#290306): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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