Ancient Rust color palette — #F3DFEC · #B43E16 · #006162 · #501200 · #000202

A conversation between Terracotta and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F3DFEC): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Terracotta (#B43E16): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Peacock (#006162): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#501200): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Black (#000202): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Balance. Tagged muted.

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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