Ancient Onyx color palette — #F5EAE0 · #8A5B00 · #274700 · #380050 · #1C1600

Deep Indigo and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F5EAE0): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ochre (#8A5B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#274700): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Deep Indigo (#380050): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#1C1600): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Onyx 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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