Softworn Basalt color palette — #E7E2D9 · #A79F8D · #7E7F54 · #453300 · #070400
A conversation between Espresso and Walnut, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E7E2D9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Taupe (#A79F8D): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Walnut (#7E7F54): A full-bodied, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Espresso (#453300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ink (#070400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn 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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- Ancient Pine Boulevard color palette (#DAE6CF, #477C4C, #004C35, #002A3A, #000714)
- Fern Summit color palette (#EDE3CE, #5F5600, #263400, #001819, #020200)
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