Softworn Basin color palette — #FFDDD8 · #995E35 · #4A3D00 · #05224D · #1E0A2C

A conversation between Ochre and Midnight, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDD8): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ochre (#995E35): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#4A3D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Midnight (#05224D): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Deep Indigo (#1E0A2C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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