Faded Basin color palette — #FFF4E2 · #FFA87F · #C49500 · #0089A1 · #4B2D12

Built around Mustard, softened by Melon — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF4E2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Melon (#FFA87F): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Mustard (#C49500): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#0089A1): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#4B2D12): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro.

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.

Similar palettes

• Faded Tangerine color palette (#FFF4E2, #FFA2AB, #ED7900, #008D81, #512822)
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• Hushed Workshop color palette (#EBDCC4, #F88A1F, #9E8700, #007091, #341F00)
• Softworn Bronze Atelier color palette (#FFF6D1, #FFA19F, #9B8500, #1F5998, #431A00)
• Airy Clover color palette (#FFF3E9, #FF9A55, #36B606, #0081A7, #431C52)
• Aged Sand Balcony color palette (#FFDFCD, #E3C686, #A6B377, #6094AF, #3A4876)
• Amber Parlor color palette (#F6E9DB, #E08A00, #77662E, #5E3800, #1B0E06)
• Amber Atelier color palette (#F3E8D5, #C68B00, #6E8000, #005796, #1C1500)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.