Muted Basin color palette — #EFE1CC · #956E00 · #32312A · #1C1409 · #0A0503
A conversation between Ochre and Parchment, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE1CC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ochre (#956E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Espresso (#32312A): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Ink (#1C1409): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ink (#0A0503): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Muted Basin 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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