Ancient Marigold color palette — #FFF3E5 · #DA9000 · #4C7A00 · #462B79 · #1A1100

Built around Mustard, softened by Olive — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF3E5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Mustard (#DA9000): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Olive (#4C7A00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Royal Purple (#462B79): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#1A1100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Marigold 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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