Ancient Rust color palette — #EDD9E7 · #A84D4E · #5C3400 · #002736 · #000F16

Built around Brick, softened by Cocoa — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EDD9E7): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Brick (#A84D4E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cocoa (#5C3400): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Midnight (#002736): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#000F16): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, 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.

Similar palettes

• Ancient Bronze color palette (#EEDCE0, #955C3A, #534800, #13244D, #020826)
• Timeworn Mulberry Pier color palette (#E9E3FF, #934876, #6E210A, #002425, #000A0A)
• Softworn Harbor color palette (#ECEFFF, #94677E, #732F00, #002C62, #011A3D)
• Charred Bronze color palette (#FFE6D3, #AC5800, #572E00, #1C0B00, #030100)
• Chestnut Canyon color palette (#FEDCE7, #AC746C, #895018, #00493B, #002127)
• Obsidian Mulberry Harbor color palette (#FAE5EB, #A60034, #631700, #2B1400, #060300)
• Chestnut Balcony color palette (#FFDAD9, #C8836F, #885129, #2F3901, #010800)
• Inked Boulevard color palette (#F7D9CC, #793000, #004656, #1F264D, #030000)

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