Ancient Apricot Archive color palette — #FFE2E8 · #FFAFAC · #F38E6C · #B07C4E · #4A463F

Salmon and Rose Quartz set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE2E8): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rose Quartz (#FFAFAC): A whisper-light, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Salmon (#F38E6C): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Caramel (#B07C4E): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Charcoal (#4A463F): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Apricot Archive 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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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.