Tempered Basin color palette — #F9E6C9 · #C46E61 · #725700 · #183471 · #281100

A conversation between Coral Clay and Navy, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F9E6C9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Coral Clay (#C46E61): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Coffee (#725700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Navy (#183471): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#281100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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