Ancient Rust color palette — #FFE6E9 · #CA3B00 · #653000 · #221300 · #020100
Built around Terracotta, softened by Bronze — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#FFE6E9): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Terracotta (#CA3B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Bronze (#653000): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Ink (#221300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged muted.
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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