Ancient Alley color palette — #FFEAD8 · #CC6E00 · #346300 · #37006C · #060300

Royal Purple and Pumpkin set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEAD8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Pumpkin (#CC6E00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Olive (#346300): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Royal Purple (#37006C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Alley 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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