Ancient Studio color palette — #FFDCDE · #FF8D62 · #B66B00 · #5D4800 · #222400

A conversation between Salmon and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDCDE): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Salmon (#FF8D62): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ochre (#B66B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#5D4800): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Onyx (#222400): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Studio 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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