Ancient Rust color palette — #EBD8E3 · #B24100 · #005C81 · #4D1700 · #000103

Terracotta and Peacock set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Silver (#EBD8E3): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Terracotta (#B24100): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#005C81): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#4D1700): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, 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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