Chalky Basin color palette — #E3E8DA · #00824B · #9A2200 · #4E3400 · #010200
Built around Burnt Sienna, softened by Fern — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E3E8DA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Fern (#00824B): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Burnt Sienna (#9A2200): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Espresso (#4E3400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Black (#010200): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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