Ancient Cocoa color palette — #F8EEE7 · #C9B5A3 · #9F8B6D · #742904 · #291C14

A conversation between Rust and Caramel, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F8EEE7): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Stone (#C9B5A3): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Caramel (#9F8B6D): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Rust (#742904): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#291C14): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cocoa 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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