Tempered Basalt color palette — #EFE9DE · #BCB9AA · #8C9277 · #544200 · #251E11
A conversation between Deep Olive and Eucalyptus, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE9DE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Stone (#BCB9AA): A luminous, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Eucalyptus (#8C9277): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Deep Olive (#544200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Onyx (#251E11): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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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