Ancient Archive color palette — #EDDED2 · #9E5000 · #4C4900 · #003820 · #410013
A conversation between Ochre and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EDDED2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Ochre (#9E5000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Deep Olive (#4C4900): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Deep Forest (#003820): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Espresso (#410013): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Archive 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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