Basalt Terrace color palette — #FFEBD2 · #495652 · #4B3000 · #17201D · #050800

Espresso takes the lead with Cream close behind in a set that reads as optimism and sophistication at first glance.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEBD2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Charcoal Brown (#495652): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#4B3000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#17201D): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#050800): 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 Basalt Terrace 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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