Ancient Basin color palette — #FFDBE5 · #D07A78 · #AE3E00 · #643A00 · #292000

A conversation between Terracotta and Coral Clay, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDBE5): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Coral Clay (#D07A78): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#AE3E00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#643A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#292000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

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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