Shadow Basin color palette — #F4E4C6 · #815C00 · #383300 · #00110C · #020100
A conversation between Ochre and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F4E4C6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ochre (#815C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Espresso (#383300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Ink (#00110C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged retro, dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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