Smoked Basalt color palette — #F4E1CA · #553D00 · #002E1C · #000E06 · #030004

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F4E1CA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#553D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Deep Forest (#002E1C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#000E06): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Black (#030004): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged jewel, vibrant, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Smoked 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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