Ancient Terracotta color palette — #FFE8DC · #A92B00 · #495400 · #3E0056 · #040000
A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#FFE8DC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Burnt Sienna (#A92B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Deep Olive (#495400): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Royal Purple (#3E0056): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Terracotta 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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