Ancient Rust color palette — #FDE9F5 · #C8562F · #007CA1 · #922D00 · #00070C
A conversation between Terracotta and Burnt Sienna, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Blush (#FDE9F5): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Terracotta (#C8562F): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Cerulean (#007CA1): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Burnt Sienna (#922D00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Ink (#00070C): 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 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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