Faded Basin color palette — #FCEAD4 · #F16800 · #A56600 · #1F6607 · #270F00

A conversation between Tangerine and Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FCEAD4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Tangerine (#F16800): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ochre (#A56600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Olive (#1F6607): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#270F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, 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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