Ancient Rust color palette — #FFDDDC · #C34023 · #602700 · #251100 · #020100
A conversation between Terracotta and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.
The five colors
- Shell Pink (#FFDDDC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Terracotta (#C34023): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Rust (#602700): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Ink (#251100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged muted, 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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