Sunlit Rust color palette — #F4DDD7 · #CA5238 · #821700 · #3D0300 · #1A0100

A conversation between Terracotta and Rust, giving this palette its sense of warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F4DDD7): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#CA5238): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#821700): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#3D0300): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#1A0100): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged monochrome, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Sunlit 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.

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