Obsidian Basalt color palette — #D5EBD3 · #513100 · #141911 · #0B0800 · #060003

Espresso and Honeydew set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D5EBD3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Espresso (#513100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#141911): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#0B0800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Black (#060003): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Obsidian Basalt 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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