Tempered Basin color palette — #FFF2EC · #EED7BD · #E8975C · #9B6F42 · #56524B
Built around Apricot, softened by Walnut — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Wheat (#EED7BD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Apricot (#E8975C): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Walnut (#9B6F42): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Charcoal Brown (#56524B): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged light, muted.
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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