Ancient Drift color palette — #EFE4D4 · #AA8100 · #655300 · #222000 · #010100
A conversation between Mustard and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE4D4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Mustard (#AA8100): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Coffee (#655300): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Onyx (#222000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Drift 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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