Dusty Rust color palette — #F7D8CB · #CE6F42 · #AD4000 · #652000 · #060000

Built around Terracotta, softened by Coral Clay — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F7D8CB): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Coral Clay (#CE6F42): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#AD4000): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#652000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Black (#060000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty 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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