Ancient Rust color palette — #EFDBE5 · #C56000 · #484010 · #2D1B24 · #110B12

Built around Terracotta, softened by Deep Olive — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EFDBE5): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Terracotta (#C56000): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#484010): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Onyx (#2D1B24): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Ink (#110B12): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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