Ancient Crimson color palette — #FFE8D2 · #CC3B55 · #882300 · #2F2E00 · #1F0500

Crimson and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FFE8D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Crimson (#CC3B55): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Rust (#882300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#2F2E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#1F0500): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Crimson 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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