Smoked Basin color palette — #FAE2CF · #6A3100 · #1A2018 · #140D00 · #030100

A conversation between Bronze and Parchment, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE2CF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Bronze (#6A3100): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#1A2018): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#140D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Smoked 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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