Midnight Rust color palette — #FFD8D4 · #AC4B00 · #5E3E00 · #161100 · #010100

Terracotta and Bronze set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD8D4): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#AC4B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Bronze (#5E3E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#161100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Midnight 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

• Bronze Study color palette (#F5D8C7, #B36100, #7E5200, #513C00, #100D00)
• Inked Brick color palette (#EDDCE2, #C90034, #722D00, #1E0C00, #020100)
• Charred Atelier color palette (#ECE2D5, #7E7100, #394000, #001C08, #000201)
• Frosted Aubergine Coast color palette (#F8DEC2, #764900, #4C00B4, #360085, #020100)
• Softworn Violet Meadow color palette (#EEDEEB, #954FFF, #926B00, #0A100A, #000200)
• Softworn Drift color palette (#D1EBD8, #836700, #005699, #362900, #000104)
• Marigold Study color palette (#FADEC5, #B79C00, #616700, #054208, #001209)
• Dusty Lagoon color palette (#D5E3D5, #B7BC7C, #00A480, #741F16, #020100)

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