Ancient Rust color palette — #DCEFDD · #34A3A5 · #BA5A58 · #006263 · #3D0006

A conversation between Brick and Turquoise, giving this palette its sense of balance.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DCEFDD): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Turquoise (#34A3A5): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Brick (#BA5A58): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#006263): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#3D0006): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Balance. Tagged warm.

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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