Ancient Rust color palette — #FDF1F7 · #FFCCB0 · #00A7A1 · #C45C00 · #000C10

Built around Terracotta, softened by Turquoise — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FDF1F7): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Peach Cream (#FFCCB0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Turquoise (#00A7A1): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Terracotta (#C45C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#000C10): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged duotone.

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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