Ancient Basin color palette — #FADBD6 · #A97274 · #945643 · #554900 · #121900
A conversation between Walnut and Deep Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Shell Pink (#FADBD6): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Mocha (#A97274): A luminous, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Walnut (#945643): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Deep Olive (#554900): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Ink (#121900): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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