Cellar Basalt color palette — #ECDFCF · #4A5854 · #4C2F00 · #161E1A · #070700

A conversation between Espresso and Ink, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECDFCF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Charcoal Brown (#4A5854): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#4C2F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#161E1A): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#070700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Cellar 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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