Ancient Plum color palette — #FFEADB · #D74B9B · #C00049 · #5D4200 · #1D000B

Built around Ruby, softened by Hot Pink — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFEADB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Hot Pink (#D74B9B): A luminous, vivid rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Ruby (#C00049): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Bronze (#5D4200): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#1D000B): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged retro, vibrant, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Plum 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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