Ancient Basin color palette — #FEF2ED · #F0D9C9 · #D5B899 · #CC3F2F · #562000
A conversation between Brick and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FEF2ED): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Bone (#F0D9C9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Sand (#D5B899): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Brick (#CC3F2F): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Espresso (#562000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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