Ancient Balcony color palette — #FDDBDA · #CB090F · #7B1700 · #3D1100 · #170D00

A conversation between Brick and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDDBDA): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Brick (#CB090F): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#7B1700): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#3D1100): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#170D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Balcony 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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