Ancient Archive color palette — #FFF1F5 · #C27900 · #4E6C00 · #610098 · #433300
A conversation between Plum and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF1F5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Mustard (#C27900): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Olive (#4E6C00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Plum (#610098): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
- Espresso (#433300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged retro, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Archive 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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