Timeworn Basalt color palette — #F8EDDA · #4B5A58 · #4B3500 · #16211D · #090900

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F8EDDA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Charcoal Brown (#4B5A58): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#4B3500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#16211D): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#090900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Timeworn 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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