Ancient Market color palette — #FAECE9 · #AA958B · #8B684C · #540026 · #110605

Mulberry and Walnut set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAECE9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Taupe (#AA958B): A luminous, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Walnut (#8B684C): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mulberry (#540026): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#110605): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Market 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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