Ancient Mustard color palette — #E9DEED · #00DBD2 · #DDB200 · #504D46 · #201A10

A conversation between Saffron and Aqua, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#E9DEED): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Aqua (#00DBD2): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Saffron (#DDB200): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Charcoal Brown (#504D46): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#201A10): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Mustard 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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