Ancient Rust color palette — #EFE8E4 · #B4B1A1 · #8DA57E · #C13C37 · #220D05

A conversation between Brick and Moss, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE8E4): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ash (#B4B1A1): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Moss (#8DA57E): A luminous, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Brick (#C13C37): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#220D05): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

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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