Ancient Onyx color palette — #DEE4D7 · #3E877A · #00566E · #4F1608 · #2B0A00

A conversation between Espresso and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#DEE4D7): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Fern (#3E877A): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Peacock (#00566E): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#4F1608): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#2B0A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, 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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