Ancient Onyx color palette — #F9E9D7 · #8F5800 · #005241 · #47003B · #0E0500

Deep Indigo and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9E9D7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ochre (#8F5800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Forest (#005241): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Deep Indigo (#47003B): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#0E0500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Onyx 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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