Faded Basin color palette — #EFDFD6 · #D6460C · #0079AE · #932B00 · #00070E

Terracotta and Burnt Sienna set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFDFD6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#D6460C): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cerulean (#0079AE): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Burnt Sienna (#932B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#00070E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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