Ancient Rust color palette — #EDDDE8 · #AC3F21 · #3C3800 · #4F1000 · #010100

Built around Brick, softened by Espresso — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EDDDE8): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Brick (#AC3F21): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Deep Olive (#3C3800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Espresso (#4F1000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Balance. Tagged duotone, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Rust 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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