Ancient Rust color palette — #F7DCE4 · #E87273 · #BB3D00 · #6F3C00 · #3A2300

A conversation between Terracotta and Watermelon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F7DCE4): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Watermelon (#E87273): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#BB3D00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Bronze (#6F3C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Espresso (#3A2300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, 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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