Ancient Rust color palette — #F5E5E0 · #B44400 · #733000 · #421E00 · #120600

Terracotta and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F5E5E0): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Terracotta (#B44400): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#733000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#421E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#120600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Rust 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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