Ancient Rust color palette — #ECE0EA · #BA4438 · #482537 · #291926 · #120B0E

Brick takes the lead with Espresso close behind in a set that reads as sophistication at first glance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#ECE0EA): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Brick (#BA4438): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#482537): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Onyx (#291926): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ink (#120B0E): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: 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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