Obsidian Basalt Study color palette — #F8EBDA · #513500 · #263131 · #00203A · #100500

Cocoa and Midnight set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#F8EBDA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Cocoa (#513500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Deep Forest (#263131): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Midnight (#00203A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#100500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Obsidian Basalt Study 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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