Ancient Terrace color palette — #EFE7DA · #AA3051 · #612800 · #00251F · #120001

Ruby and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE7DA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ruby (#AA3051): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rust (#612800): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#00251F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#120001): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Terrace 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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