Shadow Basalt color palette — #FDEAD3 · #4B5855 · #4A3000 · #161F1B · #060700
A conversation between Espresso and Cream, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Cream (#FDEAD3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Charcoal Brown (#4B5855): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Espresso (#4A3000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#161F1B): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Ink (#060700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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