Ancient Study color palette — #D3EEF0 · #9B5200 · #393339 · #002519 · #000402

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D3EEF0): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ochre (#9B5200): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Charcoal (#393339): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Onyx (#002519): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000402): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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