Ancient Quarry color palette — #FDE7EA · #FF797B · #CC5244 · #8B4016 · #58310C

A conversation between Watermelon and Terracotta, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FDE7EA): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Watermelon (#FF797B): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#CC5244): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Burnt Sienna (#8B4016): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Cocoa (#58310C): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Quarry 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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