Ancient Archive color palette — #FFF1F4 · #F7BEFF · #E19E4D · #BD8EC4 · #2C2216

Apricot and Thistle set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF1F4): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Thistle (#F7BEFF): A whisper-light, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Apricot (#E19E4D): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Mauve (#BD8EC4): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Onyx (#2C2216): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged duotone, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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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