Ancient Rust color palette — #FFF4E1 · #AD9560 · #61996F · #AC5A5D · #46423B

Built around Brick, softened by Fern — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF4E1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#AD9560): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Fern (#61996F): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Brick (#AC5A5D): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Charcoal (#46423B): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Rust 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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• Aged Drift color palette (#F7EBC3, #868500, #00866F, #A03C00, #333300)
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• Softworn Fern Coast color palette (#F6F5EE, #CDBF9C, #546535, #393932, #1F271A)
• Hushed Coast color palette (#E4FDEC, #DCC777, #91CDAD, #DC9C92, #37473C)

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