Ancient Rust color palette — #FFF2EA · #E9DA8C · #AE4600 · #501C00 · #110400

Built around Terracotta, softened by Wheat — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Wheat (#E9DA8C): A whisper-light, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Terracotta (#AE4600): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#501C00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#110400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark.

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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