Ancient Onyx color palette — #E7E8CE · #2A7550 · #00505E · #490614 · #1C0200
A conversation between Espresso and Pine, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E7E8CE): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Pine (#2A7550): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Peacock (#00505E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Espresso (#490614): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Ink (#1C0200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Onyx 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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