Ancient Rust color palette — #F8EAE6 · #C1606C · #5F2A00 · #271B17 · #110B0A
Built around Poppy, softened by Rust — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Cream (#F8EAE6): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Poppy (#C1606C): A luminous, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Rust (#5F2A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#271B17): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Ink (#110B0A): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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