Ancient Alley color palette — #FFF1EB · #FF8ED7 · #FF4964 · #914E00 · #040000

Scarlet and Carnation set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF1EB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Carnation (#FF8ED7): A luminous, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Scarlet (#FF4964): A luminous, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Burnt Sienna (#914E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged candy, vibrant, light, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Alley 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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• Weathered Coral Bloom color palette (#F1DECD, #FF7672, #C45D00, #624D00, #020100)
• Coral Dune color palette (#EFDEDB, #DC90FF, #FF6062, #A38500, #1B0600)
• Amber Studio color palette (#FFF3E6, #FF9271, #D38C00, #717000, #020100)
• Airy Ember Workshop color palette (#F4D9D5, #DD5B26, #7B4000, #3E2200, #060300)
• Peony Atelier color palette (#FFEAE9, #F929C0, #CF003E, #6B3F00, #170000)
• Aged Amber Parlor color palette (#FFE9EB, #B97D5D, #77591E, #003433, #000A11)

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