Chalky Basin color palette — #FEF4E1 · #BD8A00 · #0087B7 · #006185 · #372022

Built around Mustard, softened by Cerulean — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FEF4E1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#BD8A00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Cerulean (#0087B7): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#006185): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#372022): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.

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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