Ancient Rust color palette — #FFF0F9 · #ECAD59 · #CB5413 · #8B193B · #1D1800

Built around Terracotta, softened by Wine — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF0F9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cantaloupe (#ECAD59): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#CB5413): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Wine (#8B193B): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#1D1800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: 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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