Ancient Canyon color palette — #FFD9B3 · #D49500 · #886800 · #493F00 · #202000

A conversation between Mustard and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Peach Cream (#FFD9B3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Mustard (#D49500): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#886800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#493F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Onyx (#202000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Canyon 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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