Gentle Basin color palette — #F9DED6 · #D56200 · #A15A00 · #5F3C00 · #1A1100

A conversation between Pumpkin and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9DED6): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Pumpkin (#D56200): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ochre (#A15A00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#5F3C00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#1A1100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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