Ancient Courtyard color palette — #F9F0E8 · #D7D8C8 · #C9BEA3 · #9B5800 · #2E2217

Built around Ochre, softened by Stone — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9F0E8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Bone (#D7D8C8): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Stone (#C9BEA3): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#9B5800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#2E2217): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Courtyard 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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