Ancient Market color palette — #F7EDE1 · #DCAB51 · #885700 · #39342F · #1C140B

A conversation between Gold and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F7EDE1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Gold (#DCAB51): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#885700): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#39342F): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Ink (#1C140B): 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 Market 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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