Ancient Cocoa color palette — #FCE0E3 · #9B504D · #732E04 · #282800 · #0C0B00

A conversation between Rust and Burnt Sienna, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCE0E3): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Burnt Sienna (#9B504D): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#732E04): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#282800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#0C0B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cocoa 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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