Ancient Terracotta Archive color palette — #F8DDE6 · #CF7A7F · #AB3918 · #663400 · #2A1800

A conversation between Burnt Sienna and Dusty Rose, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F8DDE6): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Dusty Rose (#CF7A7F): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Burnt Sienna (#AB3918): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#663400): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2A1800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Terracotta 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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