Ancient Rust color palette — #EFE4EA · #CDBBB8 · #91BBB7 · #CA592C · #291924

Terracotta and Ash set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#EFE4EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Stone (#CDBBB8): A luminous, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ash (#91BBB7): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Terracotta (#CA592C): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#291924): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Optimism, 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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