Ancient Delta color palette — #FFD8D5 · #E28CA3 · #AE555C · #894135 · #633723

A conversation between Brick and Rose, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD8D5): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rose (#E28CA3): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Brick (#AE555C): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Burnt Sienna (#894135): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Cocoa (#633723): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Delta 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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