Ancient Rust color palette — #FBDAC8 · #D4471E · #007773 · #6D1900 · #000201
A conversation between Terracotta and Oxblood, giving this palette its sense of warmth and comfort.
The five colors
- Shell Pink (#FBDAC8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Terracotta (#D4471E): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Teal (#007773): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
- Oxblood (#6D1900): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.
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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