Ancient Rust color palette — #F5DFED · #B23900 · #00412F · #4D1300 · #000201

Terracotta and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into balance.

The five colors

• Blush (#F5DFED): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Terracotta (#B23900): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Forest (#00412F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#4D1300): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: 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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