Tempered Basin color palette — #FFF0F8 · #DCBBC3 · #A48886 · #8A7129 · #425042

Walnut and Oat set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF0F8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Oat (#DCBBC3): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Heather (#A48886): A luminous, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Walnut (#8A7129): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Charcoal Brown (#425042): A full-bodied, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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