Ancient Marigold color palette — #FBEBDD · #CB9900 · #5B2F00 · #1D2620 · #100500

Built around Mustard, softened by Cocoa — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FBEBDD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Mustard (#CB9900): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cocoa (#5B2F00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#1D2620): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#100500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Marigold 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.

Similar palettes

• Timeworn Marigold color palette (#FFE9E0, #CB9900, #701211, #0D120B, #170000)
• Amber Garden color palette (#F0E7DB, #B28600, #3A2700, #0D0C06, #020100)
• Hazy Coast color palette (#EFDDCF, #BFA33F, #9C5000, #592B00, #050200)
• Cocoa Balcony color palette (#F9F5EB, #CADDCB, #8D885A, #574300, #1E1B12)
• Honey Drift color palette (#FFF4DF, #F3B913, #6B5600, #261D00, #020100)
• Frosted Quarry color palette (#ECE1C6, #ABA900, #567100, #043605, #000502)
• Bronze Chapel color palette (#FDF3E9, #FFE2A5, #986C36, #3C3732, #160D04)
• Soft Coast color palette (#FFF3E5, #DA9000, #007431, #6A4400, #010100)

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