Ancient Study color palette — #FDE0D1 · #AF3E23 · #00646E · #681400 · #000709

Built around Brick, softened by Oxblood — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDE0D1): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Brick (#AF3E23): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#00646E): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Oxblood (#681400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#000709): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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