Ancient Mustard color palette — #FFF0F9 · #D5AA4F · #3A9B6E · #78518A · #274439

Gold and Fern set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF0F9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Gold (#D5AA4F): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Fern (#3A9B6E): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Graphite (#78518A): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Forest (#274439): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Mustard 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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