Softworn Basin color palette — #EDDCC1 · #986F00 · #425500 · #003364 · #2B2400

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

The five colors

• Bone (#EDDCC1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#986F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#425500): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Navy (#003364): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Onyx (#2B2400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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