Ancient Study color palette — #F3DDE7 · #B43653 · #7A2200 · #341900 · #0F0800

Built around Ruby, softened by Rust — the whole palette hums with warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F3DDE7): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Ruby (#B43653): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Rust (#7A2200): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#341900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#0F0800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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