Ancient Basin color palette — #FEE2DA · #C06100 · #7E4A00 · #2E1E00 · #020100

Built around Ochre, softened by Bronze — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FEE2DA): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ochre (#C06100): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Bronze (#7E4A00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2E1E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged 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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