Ancient Rust color palette — #CAE7CB · #C1BB6F · #C58600 · #BC4500 · #183000
A conversation between Terracotta and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Celadon Mist (#CAE7CB): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Gold (#C1BB6F): A luminous, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Mustard (#C58600): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Terracotta (#BC4500): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Deep Forest (#183000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance, Grounding. Tagged earthy, warm.
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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